WITNESS EVIDENCE WEDNESDAY: THE CASE WHERE THE GOVERNMENT’S WITNESS EVIDENCE WAS SO BAD THAT IT WITHDREW THE CASE BEFORE THE RESPONDENTS GAVE EVIDENCE: WHY THE PRINCIPLES RELATING TO WITNESS EVIDENCE NEED TO BE UNDERSTOOD

Recent posts have revisited the age-old problem of witness statements being misused. They often contain argument and comment.  For that reason we are revisiting the observations of Mr Justice Smith in the Farepak case farepak-judges-statement. It presents an object lesson in the need for careful pre...