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     1        A.  I believe I discussed at my weekly managers' meeting
     2        and just reinforced the fact that we had to complete these
     3        trash walks, and I still believe from that meeting that
     4        they were being completed.
     5
     6   Q.   So, if the impression being given by this sentence were the
     7        trash walks were not being done unless the residents asked
     8        you to do them, would that be a true or a false impression?
     9        A.  I would say it was a false impression.
    10
    11   Q.   He goes on -- I think it is a he -- I think it is
    12        Dr. Taylor, is it not?
    13        A.  Yes.
    14
    15   Q.   "We find it difficult to understand why a company of your
    16        size and expertise finds it difficult to organise to pick
    17        up your customers' dropped environment/index.html">litter on a regular basis".
    18        Again I ask you -- again the answer may be obvious -- had
    19        you found it difficult to organise to pick up your
    20        customers' dropped environment/index.html">litter on a regular basis?
         A.  We encountered some problems.
    22
    23   Q.   What were those problems at this time?
    24        A.  Some of the problems were that it was the busiest time
    25        of the year so they were coming towards the end of summer,
    26        and also a lot of the houses in the surrounding area had
    27        basements and which had to go down a flight of steps to
    28        reach the basement.
    29
    30   Q.   What we call an "area"?
    31        A.  Yes, and the problem was that the crew members
    32        completing the trash walks found they were having
    33        complaints from local residents about the fact that they
    34        were coming down their steps and disturbing them in their
    35        houses.
    36
    37   Q.   You mean the people who lived in the basements did not like
    38        it?
    39        A.  Well, they saw people walking past their windows and
    40        they were worried about who this was, and also a lot of the
         basement gates were locked as well so we could not get into
    42        those basements.
    43
    44   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  But you would be going on to private property
    45        if you went through the railings and down, would you not?
    46        A.  Yes, we would.
    47
    48   MR. RAMPTON:  Are there any gardens or other areas within this
    49        neighbourhood which are private property with sort of
    50        railings which you can throw a piece of environment/index.html">litter over if you 
    51        want? 
    52        A.  Yes, in the Square, on Wellington Square, the houses 
    53        surround the Square and in the centre of the Square there
    54        is a private garden which is railed off.
    55
    56   Q.   Is it locked?
    57        A.  I believe so, it is locked, yes.
    58
    59   Q.   Do you see on that map, while you have it out, just south
    60        of St. Leonard's Terrace, an area called Burton Court, I