Witness statements serve as the vessels of truth in litigation. Yet, whose truth do they really reflect? The entire purpose of Practice Direction 57AC (“PD57AC”), introduced in April of 2021, was to ...

“The culture of copy-paste statements is dangerous and may, in certain cases unnecessarily, give advantage to the accused persons,” the division bench of justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Sanjay ...

Bombay High Court frowns on copy-pasted witness statements; says dangerous practice, may benefit accused Updated on: 06 May,2025 02:52 PM IST | Mumbai mid-day online correspondent | ...

A prosecution witness called by the Nigerian Government on Friday admitted in court that the statement taken from Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was ...

I believe this trial witness statement complies with Practice Direction 57AC and paragraphs 18.1 and 18.2 of Practice Direction 32, and that it has been prepared in accordance with the Statement ...

In a practice note that came into effect this month, NSW Chief Justice Andrew Bell, who is the state’s most senior judge, wrote that affidavits, witness statements, character references should ...

The former prime minister has just wrapped up reading his 528-page witness statement to the court this afternoon to rebut the RM2.27 billion 1MDB abuse of power and money laundering trial against him.

Singh was seeking the judges’ consideration of whether the prosecution is obliged to disclose the facts and evidence behind the charges in witness statements, or any other form. But the court refused ...

News on April 12, while an unnamed person did claim to speak to and see Riley the night of March 8, their statement was recanted following detective interrogation during which they said they had ...

The trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako agreed that if such documents were not attached to Suleiman’s witness statement, he was not the right person to tender the documents in court.

The Fujitsu director said some witness statements used in the prosecutions of subpostmasters were “misleading” as they did not mention that the company provided incomplete audit data to the ...