The witness statement as we have known it has been an endangered species for some time. Procedural reform has been near inevitable, given increasingly vocal judicial criticism over the years of ...

Many practitioners will be aware that Practice Direction 57AC (the practice direction) came into force on 6 April 2021, imposing a number of new requirements in respect of trial witness statements in ...

A working party of the Business and Property Courts (‘B&PC’) (the Chancery Division, the Commercial Court and the Technology and Construction Court), led by Mr Justice Popplewell, is reviewing the ...

Prior to April 2021, witness evidence within the Business and Property Courts (“B&PCs”) operated under Practice Direction 32 (“PD32”) of the Civil Procedure Rules. Unfortunately, this practice ...

You never expect to find yourself in a car or truck accident – until it happens. Knowing how to protect your rights is good if an accident occurs. With local police warning vehicle drivers to be ...

Some legal cases are more interesting for what happens, or does not happen, during the proceedings than for the result. And sometimes it is a piece of evidence, or missing piece of evidence, which can ...

A veteran detective was jailed today after forging the signature of a key witness in a murder investigation prompting a judge to lambast his 'laziness to a criminal degree'. DC Robert Ferrow, 50, ...

Prince Harry is among the group suing the publisher of the Daily Mail A private investigator whose alleged confession of hacking led to household names, including Prince Harry, suing the publisher of ...

Fujitsu's European boss said that the editing of witness statements to defend the company's flawed Horizon IT system was 'shameful'. Paul Patterson told the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry that he was ...

A key witness in the high-profile legal battle between Prince Harry, Sir Elton John and other celebrities against Associated Newspapers Limited has dramatically disavowed his earlier testimony, ...