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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
7 August 2025
Oral evidence series Part 6: Is an honest recollection of events truly evidence?
Judicial commentary shows that judges are exceedingly aware of the unreliability of witnesses’ memory when considering evidence at trial. While judges may take differing views as to the reliance that ought to be placed on oral evidence as compared to contemporaneous documents, procedural safeguards are now in place to help strengthen the reliability of witness evidence, in CPR Practice Direction 57AC - Trial Witness Statements in the Business and Property Courts (“PD 57AC”).
27 September 2024
Settle Smart series part one: The impact of ‘subject to contract’ in settlement discussions
Our series focused on the settlement of disputes considers issues encountered by practitioners across a range of dispute resolution specialities. This article discusses steps that can be taken to ensure that negotiations are not binding until final terms are agreed, to protect parties from unintended commitments.
25 June 2024
Privacy series part one: Everything but the kitchen sink – the consequences of failure to give full and frank disclosure
As Mummery LJ noted in Sidhu & Anor v Memory Corporation Plc, “[i] cannot be emphasised too strongly that at an urgent without notice hearing for a freezing order, as well as for a search order or any other form of interim injunction, there is a high duty to make full, fair and accurate disclosure of material information to the court and to draw the court's attention to significant factual, legal and procedural aspects of the case”.
29 May 2024
Deposition requests for US proceedings – the role of English lawyers
One of the challenges in international disputes is how documentation and oral evidence can be obtained from an individual or organisation based in another jurisdiction. This blog briefly explores some of the considerations when a request is made for an individual in England to attend a deposition for use in US proceedings.
23 May 2024
Witness evidence – familiarity breeds contempt
It is an unfortunate truth that the success of an entire claim can turn on the evidence provided by a litigant or witness in the witness box.
