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The importance of witness statements is often overlooked in a claim. Witness statements are in fact vital, but initial statements can understandably miss issues which later become important. A statement [...]

Byline: Eric T. Berkman The Appeals Court has ruled that an estate beneficiary did not trigger the 'in terrorem' clause in his father's will by providing an affidavit that supported [...]

In the fast-paced world of legal transactions, signing documents correctly might seem straightforward, but the devil is in the detail. Masood Haider, Senior Associate in the Residential Property team at [...]

self 00:00 - Introduction 00:18 - Witness Testimony 02:03 - Legal Update 90% of the cases will involve witnesses and they can have the biggest impact on the outcome of [...]

Calling the Defendant as an Adverse Witness As a plaintiff at trial, there is no better way to prove your case than through the mouth of the defendant. Securing statements [...]

We examine the recent Court of Session judgment of Lord Woolman in Lee Donald Barclay v Thorntons Trustees Limited and Others[2024] CSOH 18and consider the evidential challenges that commonly arise [...]

Witness evidence is pivotal in the outcome of most disputes. Working collaboratively with witnesses is always the best way to secure testimony, not only because it saves time and costs, [...]

Byline: Nick Hurston Where an elderly priest described an ultimately fatal hospital accident to his family, doctor and another priest, their testimony was admissible and corroborated under Va. Code 8.01-397, [...]

Byline: Kris Olson While some would have preferred to see a rule making either in-person or remote depositions the default, many attorneys at least on the plaintiffs' side approve of [...]

New York does not require bystanders to act when someone is in danger, but the killing on the F train has residents debating when they should step in. As Jordan [...]

Byline: Azi Paybarah Democratic lawmakers didn't hold back their anger Thursday at a House hearing about social media and censorship when a pair of Republican witnesses delivered testimony and left [...]

We were interested to read the surprise news that the start date for the extension of the fixed costs regime has now been confirmed, although naturally the rules themselves, and [...]

Byline: MARIEKE WALSH; Staff OTTAWA -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his Deputy Premier, Sylvia Jones, won their legal challenge against testifying at the Emergencies Act inquiry and will not [...]

Receiving a subpoena to attend court as a witness can be nerve-wracking, particularly if all you know about giving evidence - also known as 'testifying' - is from courtroom dramas [...]

The High Court judgment in McKinney Plant & Safety Ltd v The Construction Industry Training Board [2022] EWHC 2361 (Ch) provides further guidance on how parties should approach witness statements [...]

Byline: Amber Phillips If any criminal referrals come out of the Jan. 6 committee's investigation, witness tampering could be a big one. At the end of Tuesday's hearing, the committee [...]

Byline: Nicholas A. Hurston A federal criminal statute that prohibits the unlawful use of identification information may be applied to a defendant accused of tampering with a witness. Judge Norman [...]

Byline: Jason Boleman A witness who was held in contempt after admitting to using marijuana before testifying at a felony assault trial saw her appeal to vacate her conviction denied. [...]

Reprinted with permission from Litigation, Volume 49, Number 2, Winter 2023, at 20-24. [c]2023 by the American Bar Association All rights reserved. This information or any or portion thereof may [...]

Byline: Matt Zapotosky Justice Department investigators have reached a cooperation agreement with a man whose attorney says he witnessed Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., attend parties involving 'a whole lot' of [...]

The department said it could not corroborate a book's claim that a central witness had recanted her statements about Emmett, a Black teenager killed by two white men in 1955. [...]

A recent High Court decision highlights the need to think carefully before applying to strike out an opponent's witness statements, or parts of them, for non-compliance with Practice Direction (PD) [...]

Public inquiries have consistently made headlines in recent months. This type of inquiries typically focuses on major incidents that have significantly impacted a large number or group of people. They [...]

Byline: Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY When news first came out that a woman had been raped on a busy train in Philadelphia last week, it drew nationwide attention and outrage [...]

In a recently published decision in Greencastle MM LLP v Payne and Ors, the High Court has struck out a large portion of a party's witness evidence for non-compliance with [...]

At a pre-trial review earlier this year, the High Court held that a claimant's witness statements were in breach of Practice Direction (PD) 57AC as they contained speculation on matters [...]

A recent High Court decision has taken a similar approach to previous cases in refusing to strike out a witness statement for failure to comply with Practice Direction (PD) 57AC, [...]

On August 16, 2021, the Court of Quebec ('Court') rendered a judgment in Unifirst Canada Ltd. c. 9766065 Canada inc., 2021 QCCQ 7946. In the context of a case management [...]

In conducting any investigation, the two most important sources of information are witness interviews and document reviews. These sources are invariably interconnected, and each must be managed effectively. Particularly, in [...]