Day 110 - 29 Mar 95 - Page 18

     
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     2   MS. STEEL:   I think it was 6th February.
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     4   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, I have 6th February.  It certainly was
     5        discussed on 6th February.
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     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Let us leave it there for the moment.  I will
     8        try to find it but I think it was mentioned after that.
     9        I assume it may have been mentioned some time during the
    10        week when I gave my ruling which, I think, was Monday, 27th
    11        February.
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    13        Mr. Rampton, I am not going to enquire any further into the
    14        question of Mr. Long and Mr. Tyler.
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    16   MR. RAMPTON:  I did not expect your Lordship would.  I said what
    17        I did because I am not going to be silent as I was during
    18        the evidence of Mrs. Druce.  In fact, Mr. Morris is quite
    19        wrong about the need for cross-examination of witnesses who
    20        portray their lack of qualifications and expertise out of
         their own mouths in-chief, then I do not have to
    22        cross-examine.
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    24        What I am concerned with is the waste of McDonald's time
    25        and the waste of McDonald's money.  So, I am encouraging
    26        the Defendants to stick to relevant evidence.  If they do
    27        not, I will interject.
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    29   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If there is any objection, I will rule on it
    30        at the time.  I do not think there is anything further
    31        I can say about that now.  Was there anything further you
    32        wanted to say in relation to employment, Brazil or
    33        Mr. Nicholson?
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    35   MR. RAMPTON:  No, my Lord.  I will reserve my position on that.
    36        We will see what comes out in the wash when the 14 days are
    37        up and we will see the Defendants' list of witnesses that
    38        are coming to court.
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    40   MR. MORRIS:  We have a list of witnesses coming to court
         already.  Their statements were disclosed two years ago.
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    43   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, the other thing that remains, I would
    44        like to deal with Brazil as soon as possible for reasons
    45        your Lordship has mentioned.  If it is going to be
    46        disallowed for the various reasons which I have not yet
    47        addressed your Lordship about, then let us get it out of
    48        the way as soon as possible.  If any part is going to be
    49        allowed in with discovery implications, then I should need
    50        time to see whether any relevant documents exist or not 
    51        and, if so, get them to this country, so the sooner that is 
    52        dealt with the better. 
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    54        My Lord, Mr. Nicholson is the only remaining witness
    55        I wanted to mention.  The suggestion was made yesterday,
    56        I think, because the Defendants felt uneasy about having to
    57        prepare cross-examine him on both parts of his evidence,
    58        that is to say employment and publication.
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    60        The suggestion was made by the Defendants that the