BACK TO BASICS MONDAY: GIVING THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN A WITNESS STATEMENT WHEN THERE IS A CORPORATE CLIENT: PROBLEMS KEEP OCCURRING
Today we are looking at what is a common issue, and common mistake, when someone makes a witness statement for, or on behalf of a corporate client. The CPR expressly provides that a witness must state the source of “information…
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…
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