Course description
This live and interactive session will set out the dangers and pitfalls which you can face when drafting witness statements.
Find out what guidance that can be gained from recent case law on the need to ensure that the witness statement is an account of the witness’s recollections when drafting, along with the dangers arising when the witness’s evidence is different from that set out in the statement.
Tune in live as barrister Desiree Artesi discusses the importance of the witness statement, considering your audience, rules and requirements, the structure and contents of the witness statement (what to put in and what to leave out), the dangers posed by poor drafting, and much more.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
This session will set out the dangers and pitfalls which you can face when drafting witness statements.
Find out what guidance that can be gained from the judgment of Walker & Ors v Mills & Ors [2018] and Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company Ltd v Khan & Ors [2018] on the need to ensure that the witness statement is an account of the witness’s recollections when drafting.
The session will also consider the dangers arising when the witness’s evidence is different from that set out in the witness statement as highlighted in the cases of Gee v Depuy International Ltd [2018] and Rashid v Munir & Ors [2018].
What You Will Learn
This session will cover:
- The importance of the witness statement
- Consider your audience
- Rules and requirements for a witness statement
- The structure of the witness statement
- The contents of the witness statement - what to put in and what to leave out
- The dangers posed by poor drafting of the witness statement
- The witness statement and evidence
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