Day 011 - 12 Jul 94 - Page 12
1 Q. More comprehensive?
A. That is right.
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MR. MORRIS: Thank you, Mr. Lipsett.
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you.
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(The witness withdrew)
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am going to put Dr. Connet's statement,
6 upon which the defendants have put an informal Civil
Evidence Act notice, in section J immediately behind
7 Mr. Lipsett's statement for the time being. At some stage
we come to any other witnesses of the defendants and any
8 Civil Evidence Act witnesses in relation to this topic and
we have to decide what to do then, unless you have some
9 objection to the statement, that it is read out. All I am
doing is making, as it were, a mental note that we have to
10 deal with that at some time.
11 MR. MORRIS: Does that mean we do not have to formally read it
out into -----
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. You can ask me to read it for my own
13 purposes. Indeed, I have done that; I did it yesterday.
I read it again this morning.
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MR. MORRIS: So it is taken as read?
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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MR. MORRIS: Is it possible to have three minutes just to clear
17 our papers away?
18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do that now. (Pause)
19 MR. RAMPTON: Professor Duxbury, please.
20 Professor Duxbury, sworn
Examined by Mr. Rampton.
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Q. My Lord, for Professor Duxbury, it is volume IV of the
22 yellow file.
23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, I have that.
24 MR. RAMPTON: And volume 1 of the orange files. (To the
witness): Professor Duxbury, may we have your full name?
25 A. Geoffrey Duxbury.
26 Q. Are you a Professor of Chemical Physics in the University
of Strathclyde?
27 A. I am.
28 Q. Was your original training in chemistry?
A. It was.
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Q. Can you, without going into very much detail, tell us
30 whether your present position as professor of chemical
physics involves, as it suggests, a knowledge of physics
