Ruling – Defendant’s Motion to File Supplementary Witness Statement
i. The Applicant’s Case:
[1] This Court’s ruling of July 9, 2018 is what has undoubtedly triggered the instant application by the 1st Defendant. This is an application by Counsel for and on behalf of the 1st Defendant herein praying for leave to file supplementary witness statement.
[2] The main thrust of the application is that during the cross-examination of the Plaintiff/Respondent’s witness in May 2018, the Respondent sought leave to file a Supplementary Witness Statement to introduce documentary evidence related to the “proof of the alleged purchase of a Hyundai Elantra and documents purporting to be evidence of vehicle rental”. According to the Applicant herein though it opposed the application on the grounds that it was seeking to fill in the gaps in the evidence, the Court granted the application. It is deposed that “the alleged documents contrary to the Respondent’s assertion was not in Respondent’s…