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1 "Northern Region: To All Store Managers"?
A. Yes.
2
Q. I will read it clearly: "Important! There have been
3 certainly recent incidences in our restaurants where
members of staff have received severe shocks from faulty
4 items of electrical equipment"?
A. Yes.
5
Q. "Unfortunately, I have not been notified of these
6 accidents at the time they occurred".
A. It does say that, yes.
7
Q. Then it says: "I must be notified"?
8 A. Yes.
9 Q. Is it true, that is, on 17th February 1992 in the Northern
region?
10 A. It is, yes.
11 Q. Is it true that Mark Hopkins was electrocuted by
electrical equipment on 12th October 1992 in the Northern
12 region?
A. I do not remember the date.
13
Q. I am sure it will not be challenged;' it is 12th October
14 1992. Would this memo have also been sent to
headquarters?
15 A. I do not know. It may very well have been but I do
not know.
16
Q. Do you think it should have been sent to headquarters?
17 A. Not necessarily, no.
18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Are you talking about the memorandum on page
773?
19
MR. MORRIS: 773. You do not think it should necessarily have
20 been sent to headquarters?
A. Not necessarily. The man is responsible for his
21 region. He is taking action based on something that
happened in his region. Whether or not it went onward to
22 other parts of the country are not an issue for him to
decide. He has certainly copied supervisors, senior
23 supervisors, Paul, Nigel and Peter- Peter Richards I take
to be the regional manager at the time.
24
It would have been Peter's decision as to what he did with
25 it. I do not know what he did with it. He may well have
forwarded copies on to other people, but I do not know
26 from here.
27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The supervisors will be supervisors of a
group stores, will they?
28 A. Normally, sir, there will be an individual charged
with over-seeing the activity of between three and five
29 restaurants.
30 Q. Seniors?
A. They will be charged with over-seeing the activity of
