THE REQUIREMENT TO PUT YOUR CASE TO YOUR OPPONENT’S WITNESS (AND THE POTENTIAL DIRE CONSEQUENCES IF THIS IS NOT DONE): SOME UNUSUAL PROCEDURAL TANGLES IN THE THE HIGH COURT

We are looking at a case where, for reasons that are unclear, the claimants failed to challenge a key part of the evidence of the defendant's witness.  That evidence was central to the claimants' case.   The claimants' attempts to rectify the matter, and then to argue that it was of no great importa...