THE PROBLEMS THAT CAN OCCUR WHEN A LAWYER MAKES A STATEMENT ON THEIR CLIENT’S BEHALF: “I ATTACH NO WEIGHT TO WHAT HE SAYS”
This blog has looked, many times, at the pitfalls that can occur when lawyers make statements on behalf of their clients. An example can be seen in the judge of Mr Justice Edis in Cobussen Principal Investment Holdings Ltd v…
WITNESS STATEMENTS GIVING THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND BELIEF: A RULE OVERLOOKED AT YOUR PERIL
In JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank -v- Sergi Viktorovich Pugachev [2014] EWHC 4336 (Ch) Mr Justice Mann made some important observations in relation to the need for a witness statement to identify the sources upon which it is based. THE CASE…