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WITNESS EVIDENCE AND CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENTS 2: A USEFUL COUNTERBALANCE

December 23, 2015 · by gexall · in Civil evidence, Civil Procedure, Members Content, Professional negligence,, Uncategorized, Witness statements

A post earlier this month looked at a case where the judge favoured the witness evidence over a written medical record.  The decision in Grimstone -v- Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 3756 (QB) is a…

"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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