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 ...

The eagerly awaited changes to the preparation of witness statements in court proceedings, designed to foster a necessary change of culture, and to modernise practice, are now only weeks away.

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 ...

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 ...

The purpose of a statement of evidence or witness statement is to provide relevant facts. The purpose of a statement of evidence or witness statement is to provide relevant facts. It should provide ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 private investigator whose alleged confession of hacking led to household names, including Prince Harry, suing the publisher of the Daily Mail has claimed his signature on the statement was forged, ...