Day 136 - 16 Jun 95 - Page 09
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2 Q. I understand. I believe you have brought also with you to
3 court, just by way of example, a ground plan of a typical
4 McDonald's restaurant which I think is the one at Harrow;
5 is that right?
6 A. Yes.
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8 Q. Perhaps we can have a look at that so His Lordship can see
9 what the layout is. In the areas outside the non-slip
10 tiling or Altro areas, what material would be used for the
11 floor?
12 A. We would just use an ordinary quarry tile.
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14 Q. An ordinary quarry tile, what, rather like the one that we
15 have seen for the customer area?
16 A. Yes.
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18 MR. RAMPTON: Yes. I will give my copy, my Lord, to the
19 Defendants because this I have looked at and I do not need
20 it for this purpose. They will have to share it, I am
21 afraid. I am sure they will not mind that. There is a
22 copy for your Lordship and one for the witness.
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24 MS. STEEL: Can we ask why it is that these were not disclosed
25 some time ago? Also, Mr. Brown was asked in his evidence
26 about the previous refurbishment of the Epsom store, and
27 that was not in his statement. We could have seen the
28 tiles before now as well.
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30 MR. RAMPTON: I do not regard tiles as documents, my Lord.
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, but there is no reason why they should
33 not be brought along earlier and shown. There is no reason
34 why the plan should not be shown and there is no reason why
35 extra information -----
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37 MR. RAMPTON: It is only to help. It is just for information so
38 your Lordship can understand, or the Defendants can
39 understand, what the materials are like and where they are
40 put which really is not very difficult or complex.
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No.
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44 MR. RAMPTON: Is there a copy there for the witness? Can you
45 open it up, Mr. Brown?
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: When you say ordinary quarry tiles outside
48 the particular non-slip areas, as it were, what do they
49 feel like to the touch?
50 A. They probably -- if I can use this as an example, where
51 we have used a non-slip tile with that surface, the other
52 side would be the tiles that are used in the areas which
53 are not designated as non-slip.
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55 Q. Could I just have a look at that? Are they really designed
56 so that you can lay them one way up or the other way up
57 according to where they are going to be placed?
58 A. That particular one was designed that way, sir.
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60 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, which one is that again?
