Slippery Slope: Dealing with false testimony in personal injury actions
May 2012
Section 26 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 states that, if false testimony is given or a false affidavit of verification sworn, the court shall dismiss the plaintiff’s action unless it would result in an injustice being done. Sinead Morgan asks whether it has achieved its objectives.
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