Day 162 - 25 Jul 95 - Page 12

     
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     2   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not think that is an allegation, that
     3        the makers of the film -- I mean, if one has ever been at a
     4        meeting oneself which is being filmed, you know that some
     5        people who quite often have a lot to say think that now is
     6        the moment to keep quiet, since the cameras are there, and
     7        others who do not say very much suddenly find they have
     8        considerable acting abilities.  So I am not making any
     9        suggestion which goes beyond one's own experience.
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    11   MS. STEEL:   No.  But, I mean, I would say that in any meeting
    12        there are always some people that talk and others do not.
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    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, obviously so.
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    16   MS. STEEL:   When the filming was going to take place, did you
    17        get instructions from Head Office about how to deal with
    18        the camera crews and -----
    19        A.  No.
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    Q.   You did not get any instructions from them?
    22        A.  Well, we were told that there will be people coming in
    23        to film and we have to just run our business, and they want
    24        to record how the store is running.
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    26   Q.   They told you when they were coming, though?
    27        A.  Oh, yes.
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    29   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Could I just ask, I have assumed it was all
    30        done by a hand or shoulder held video ---
    31        A.  That is correct.
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    33   Q.   -- filming?
    34        A.  That is correct, sir.
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    36   MR. MORRIS:  You were talking about students -- this was
    37        yesterday -- some of the crew would be students coming back
    38        to work at the store, and you said if someone goes away for
    39        less than two or three months or so, they would be kept on
    40        the payroll and then they would have their job back; and,
         presumably, they would have all their conditions of
    42        service, would they, as well?
    43        A.  Yes.
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    45   Q.   But would that apply to, say, a student that had gone off
    46        on a term somewhere and come back for a holiday period and
    47        said, "I am available again for the Strand now, because
    48        I went to Glasgow to college and now I am back"?
    49        A.  No, it does not.  Once they are terminated from the
    50        payroll, when they are re-hired, they will be starting. 
    51        From time to time, we negotiate their starting rate, but 
    52        the other conditions would be as a starter. 
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    54   Q.   What, they would lose all their stars, and things like
    55        that?
    56        A.  Sure.  They know that they lose their stars.
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    58   Q.   But if someone, say -- obviously, students have fixed term
    59        times -----
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