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evidence new |
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The function of a Board is to decide on the evidence before it, not just on the evidence before the Commission: CUB 10546.
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This is no more than a rule of thumb at best and I have expressed reservations concerning it on other occasions. There is no hard and fast rule that a statement made before disentitlement is entitled to more credence than one made for explanation or clarification.