WITNESS EVIDENCE WEDNESDAY: THE PAUCITY OF EVIDENCE PROVIDED BY THE DEFENDANTS: AN APPLICATION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT CANNOT BE DEFENDED BY “BARE ASSERTION”

The need to provide evidence and not simply make bare assertions is as important in applications as at trial.  Here we see a case where the claimant obtained summary judgment in the face of a "paucity of evidence" from the defendants. "I should comment generally on the paucity of evidence provided b...