It is tempting to blame the internet, populists or foreign trolls for flooding our otherwise rational society with lies. But this underestimates the scale of the technological and philosophical transformations that are under way. The single biggest change in our public sphere is that we now have an unimaginable excess of news and content, where once we had scarcity. Suddenly, the analogue channels and professions we depended on for our knowledge of the world have come to seem partial, slow and dispensable.

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Statements of truth used for expert evidence differ. The reason is that experts owe an overriding duty to the court. More on that below. If you are unemployed or retired, those words replace the space provided for the "occupation" of the person. Statements of case are prepared by parties to allege facts of the case on which they rely to succeed in their legal claim: their cause of action.

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The gaps-god and best-explanation strategies (which both come down to "we don't know the answer so let's say Fred did it") can be left to sink in the murk of their own fatuity; undergraduates cut their teeth on refuting them. As for the Anthropic Principle: well, it passes belief that it can still be trotted out in this guise. The argument that the universe exists for the express purpose of making the existence of humans possible has long since been debunked, and it is discreditable of Beale-Polkinghorne to try to pass it off on the unsuspecting. If you had to only ever watch rom-coms or only watch scary movies for the rest of your life, which would you choose and why? The more serious or outlandish the allegation, the better the evidence needs to be. Trivial or inconsequential statements in evidence are less likely to require documentary support. you give your permission (in writing) for your statement to be used for another purpose, other than in the proceedings for which it was made

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The threat of misinformation and propaganda should not be denied. As the scholars Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris and Hal Roberts have shown in their book Network Propaganda, there is now a self-sustaining information ecosystem on the American right through which conspiracy theories and untruths get recycled, between Breitbart, Fox News, talk radio and social media. Meanwhile, the anti-vaxx movement is becoming a serious public health problem across the world, aided by the online circulation of conspiracy theories and pseudo-science. This is a situation where simple misinformation poses a serious threat to society. Witness statements have to be signed with a statement of truth. The statement of truth for witness statements is: Witness statements are accessible by parties to proceedings by making an application to the court to inspect the Court's file. In the High Court, these sorts of applications are heard by a Master. Your friend wants you to give evidence as an expert in his case. You can't (or at least shouldn't accept the appointment), because you wouldn't be seen to be independent of your friend, because of your prior relationship. If possible, include answers to questions that you are likely to be asked by someone reading your statement. You’re likely to be asked in cross-examination anyway in due course.Courts have long recognised that it is difficult to tell whether a witness is telling the truth or not. Courts can take into account any material before the court, and the behaviour of the witness in court. The purpose of using the wording at the beginning of a witness statement is, in a way, to remind witnesses of the limits of the evidence they can give, and: I believe that the facts stated in this witness statement are true. I understand that proceedings for contempt of court may be brought against anyone who makes, or causes to be made, a false statement in a document verified by a statement of truth without an honest belief in its truth.

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the judge will be able to see what you are talking about, rather than have to work it out or guess what you are talking about (and then seek clarification at the hearing) The barrister is really asking questions on behalf of the judge. So when the barrister asks you questions, you look at them. We are experienced civil and commercial civil disputes solicitors, that have been tasked with preparing witness statements and affidavits for applications for interim injunctions and trials in business disputes. It serves as a reminder what of evidence should be given, and what shouldn’t - or can't - be given. We're local to the Rolls Building on Fetter Lane and the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand in London, and the Central London County Court. They're a 5 minute walk for us. You don't end up paying solicitors' travelling costs to Court.Human Being suggests that Adam and Eve refer to the first spiritually conscious human beings, that the soul is something logically distinct from the body but not a separate physical entity, and that conscience is "our deepest understanding of right and wrong".

Statements of truth - Pinsent Masons

Trust in the media is low, but this entrenched scepticism long predates the internet or contemporary populism. From the Sun’s lies about Hillsborough to the BBC’s failure to expose Jimmy Savile as early as they might, to the fevered enthusiasm for the Iraq war that gripped much of Fleet Street, the British public has had plenty of good reasons to distrust journalists. Even so, the number of people in the UK who trust journalists to tell the truth has actually risen slightly since the 1980s. For these reasons, if your view is inconsistent or at odds with documents before the court, you are likely to be asked questions about it. assessing motives for lying: Courts know that witnesses can regularly lie. This does not mean that all of the evidence of the witness is discarded or discounted. Court is likely to take into account and/or assess ( EPI Environmental Technologies Inc -v- Symphony Plastic Technologies PLC [2004] EWHC 2945):Once you have finished giving your evidence you will be ‘released’ by the judge (i.e. informed you are no longer required) and can sit in the public galley and watch the rest of the case should they choose to do so. You need to be able to stand by the statement and tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Crime dramas might have made this sound a bit stale, tied or a bit worn. Where the nature of the question raises a real risk of an incriminatory answer, a judge would advise a witness of their right to refuse to answer. Evolution starts with "Is evolution a fact or a theory?", discusses Intelligent Design, which is deemed an unfortunate use of language and a theological mistake, and explores whether the mind can be explained by evolution.