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TK (Burundi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 40

12 February 2009 / Peter Hungerford-welch
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Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City Law School, City University London. W www.city.ac.uk/law

Where evidence to support an account given by a party is or should readily be available, a judge is entitled to take into account the failure to provide that evidence and any explanations for that failure. Th is may be a factor of considerable weight in relation to credibility where there are doubts about the credibility of a party.

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