13 December 2024 by Charlie Moloney
Solicitors reprimanded as cross-examination exposes client’s inability to speak English
A solicitors’ firm has been reprimanded by a judge over a client whose inability to speak English was exposed only as he was giving evidence in the High Court.
The clients, Joginder Singh and Tarsem Singh, had brought claims against Rajinder Kalia, the founder and priest of a temple in Coventry dedicated to the worship of a Hindu deity. […]
Their claims were struck out however when, on 4 July in the High Court, Joginder Singh gave evidence and was being cross-examined by Sarah Crowther KC for Kalia.
Giving judgment in Rashpal Samrai & Ors v Rajinder Kalia, Mr Justice Martin Spencer said: ‘In the course of Mr Singh’s evidence it became clear that, although his witness statement is in English and he affirmed its accuracy he cannot in fact speak English at all. His only language is Punjabi. Indeed, he said through an interpreter that he cannot read or write at all.’ […]
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