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"THAT PART OF MY WITNESS STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE": NEVER A GREAT START TO A CASE

November 17, 2015 · by gexall · in Avoiding negligence claims, Members Content, Professional negligence,, Uncategorized, Witness statements

In Monks -v- National Westminster Bank PLC [2015] EWHC 2310 (Ch) HH Judge Simon Baker (QC)(sitting as a judge of the High Court) had some acute observations about the witness statements and witness evidence adduced by the defendant bank. “…it…

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