A court may draw adverse inferences from unexplained reasons as to why witnesses who were apparently available when their evidence was crucial to a case were not called.
Judges:
The Hon Mrs Justice Arden DBE The Right Honourable Lord Justice May The Right Honourable Sir Martin Nourse
Citations:
[2005] EWCA Civ 1637
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appeal from – Lewis v Eliades , Karis, Kaissides ChD 22-Apr-2005
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Cited by:
See Also – Karis and Another v Lewis CA 21-Dec-2005
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Cited – Baigent and Another v The Random House Group Ltd (The Da Vinci Code) ChD 7-Apr-2006
The claimants alleged infringement of copyright by the defendant publishers and author in the plot and otherwise in the book ‘The Da Vinci Code’. They said that their own work had been copied substantially, using themes and copying language. The . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Contract, Litigation Practice
Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.237764