WITNESS EVIDENCE WEDNESDAY: LARGE PARTS OF THE CLAIMANT’S WITNESS STATEMENTS ARE STRUCK OUT: “INADMISSIBLE AS A MATTER OF LAW” “OF MARGINAL RELEVANCE” AND DEAL WITH “WHOLLY COLLATERAL ISSUES”

Here we have a case where the court was asked to exclude large parts of a party's witness statements.  That application was successful in part.  The judge finding that many of the statements, or parts of the statements, were simply inadmissible or irrelevant. "If I had to, I would rule that the evid...