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     1        Mr. Stiles.
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     3   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I have something to say, if I may?
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     5   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I would like, before anyone says anything, to
     6        look at Ms. Barnes' -----
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     8   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, my Lord, that will be, I think, volume X of
     9        the yellow.  My Lord, it is her second statement.  It is at
    10        tab 14.  That statement is devoted exclusively to the Mark
    11        Hopkins' incident.
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    13   MR. MORRIS:  Sorry, what tab was it?
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    15   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  14.  Yes.
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    17   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, it goes further than Mrs. Barnes'
    18        statement because in volume XIII of the yellow files there
    19        is a report or statement by the Senior Environmental Health
    20        Officer regarding the incident, the Senior Environmental
         Health Officer of Manchester, made very nearly
    22        contemporaneously with the accident itself.  That is
    23        subject presently of a Civil Evidence Act Notice.
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    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, which one is that in?
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    27   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, that is tab 39 of volume XIII of the
    28        yellow files.
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    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Mr. McShirkie.
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    32   MR. RAMPTON:  Your Lordship will also find it, it may be more
    33        convenient ---
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    35   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I have this out now.
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    37   MR. RAMPTON:  -- then it is tab 39.  Mr. Michael McShirkie or it
    38        is M. McShirkie, I think his name is Michael, but I am not
    39        sure.  But there is also a copy of his report in the pink
    40        volume but that does not matter.  My Lord, what I was going
         to say was this  -----
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    43   MR. MORRIS:  I hope Mr. Rampton is not going to say anything he
    44        should not say.
    45
    46   MR. RAMPTON:  I am making objection to Mr. Morris'
    47        cross-examination of this witness.
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    49   MR. MORRIS:  I have not started yet.
    50 
    51   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, and I make it now. 
    52 
    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Let me just hear what he is going to say.
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    55   MR. MORRIS:  I think the witness should leave the room then.
    56
    57   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Very well.  You can ask for that.  You know
    58        you can ask for that.  (To the witness):  Would you leave
    59        the court, please?  If Mr. Rampton stands up, please sit
    60        down.