There is an offence of perjury in both jurisdictions, yes, but if the police went after every witness who gave false testimony in the witness box, the justice system would be swamped!
Interesting point. They would definitely have been aware of the UK judgment and pretty confident. I actually think that, as the trial wound on and the evidence piled up they may have started to realise, with alarm, that they had taken their eye off the ball and the jury's attention was drifting away from their best evidence and they were in danger of losing. But I dare say, speaking as a lawyer who has dealt with many clients, that their own client may have made life difficult, insisting that she run the show. How do you tell your client to hold her tongue because her testimony Is unconvincing?! I wonder whether or not Amber Heard has been the very author of her own downfall...
Thank you very helpful in understanding why and how things can go wrong.
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. In any legal system isn't making untruthful statements a criminal offence?
There is an offence of perjury in both jurisdictions, yes, but if the police went after every witness who gave false testimony in the witness box, the justice system would be swamped!
Very interesting. Do you think her lawyers assumed they would win the case, so weren't sufficiently geared up?
Interesting point. They would definitely have been aware of the UK judgment and pretty confident. I actually think that, as the trial wound on and the evidence piled up they may have started to realise, with alarm, that they had taken their eye off the ball and the jury's attention was drifting away from their best evidence and they were in danger of losing. But I dare say, speaking as a lawyer who has dealt with many clients, that their own client may have made life difficult, insisting that she run the show. How do you tell your client to hold her tongue because her testimony Is unconvincing?! I wonder whether or not Amber Heard has been the very author of her own downfall...