My HPE-funded lawyer wrote my witness statement, reseller boss tells High Court

My HPE-funded lawyer wrote my witness statement, reseller boss tells High Court

5 years ago
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/11/autonomy_trial_john_baiocco_capax_discovery_testimony/

Autonomy trial The boss of an HPE-affiliated reseller asked a barrister "what is this exactly?" when shown a copy of his own witness statement in London's High Court. Capax Discovery CEO John Baiocco then said he was "pretty sure" his HPE-funded lawyer had written it for him.

Just to reinforce what he said, Baiocco then added that "these are somebody else's writings about what I might have said or didn't say, correct?" He appeared not to understand the English legal principle that witness statements are supposed to be written personally.