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Browne v Dunn

(1893) 6 R 67
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year1893
Statusunclear

Key Principle

A party intending to challenge a witness's evidence should ordinarily put the contrary case to that witness in cross-examination.

Area of Law

Civil Procedure — evidential-fairness

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