The witnesses
44.I heard evidence from Ms Tang and Mr McIver. The questions put to Mr McIver were about what Ms McIver had done, often events and suggested motivations of which he had no direct knowledge. Mr McIver did his careful and reasonable best to answer the questions. I would guess that it was emotionally difficult for Mr McIver to give evidence about such matters and that, understandably, he felt a strong duty to defend the late Ms McIver from every one of the allegations being made by Ms Tang. With that in mind, he was a good witness.45.Ms Tang was more forthright and was sometimes indignant in her account of what had happened. She was on one occasion inconsistent in her answers, but I believe that she was doing her best to be honest according to her understanding of the facts.