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NLJ this week: Liars, fibbers, exaggerators!

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06 November 2020
Issue: 7909 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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‘The law reports are bursting with examples of people involved in litigation talking total tosh,’ says NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan, of City Law School

Earlier this year, the Statement of Truth was amended to include a warning about contempt of court, but will it make a difference? Prof Regan investigates, in this week’s NLJ.

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