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Greenwood v Fitt: 1961

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(British Columbia) In the course of without prejudice negotiations, the defendant threatened that he would give perjured evidence and bribe other witnesses to perjure themselves unless the claimants withdrew their claim.
Held: The evidence of that conversation was itself admitted.

[1961] 29 DLR 1
Cited by:
CitedBerry Trade Ltd and Another v Moussavi and others CA 22-May-2003
A defendant appealed against an order admitting as evidence, records of ‘without prejudice’ conversations.
Held: Written and oral communications, which are made for the purpose of a genuine attempt to compromise a dispute between the parties, . .

Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Evidence, Commonwealth

Leading Case

Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.182474

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