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1 reason. It is simply that Mr. Atkinson thought it was the
2 right thing to do, to bring them along last night and that
3 is how we have got them. Certainly my solicitors did not
4 know of the existence of these documents in June or at any
5 other time apart from last night.
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7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Let us see where we get to with them.
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9 Examined by MR. ATKINSON
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11 MR. ATKINSON: Mr. Atkinson, you give your name as James Peter
12 Atkinson of ********************, *********, *******; is
13 that correct?
14 A. That is right.
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16 Q. What is the position you presently hold?
17 A. I am a franchisee with McDonald's.
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19 Q. Where is that?
20 A. At Lowestoft.
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22 Q. How long have you been doing that for?
23 A. Just over one year.
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Speak up loud and clear, Mr. Atkinson.
26 A. Sorry, just over one year
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I appreciate you are probably not used to
29 giving evidence but everyone has to hear.
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31 MR. ATKINSON: So you started in about, if I lead on that,
32 September 1994?
33 A. Yes
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35 Q. When did you join McDonald's?
36 A. October 1983.
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38 Q. In what capacity?
39 A. Trainee Manager.
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41 Q. Sorry?
42 A. Trainee Manager.
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44 Q. Where was that at?
45 A. Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire.
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47 Q. You stayed in that particular restaurant?
48 A. Yes, I did all my training in that restaurant, and
49 actually went up to Store Manager, which is probably quite
50 unusual to do in the same restaurant, and I became the
51 Store Manager then of Hemel Hempstead in January 1985.
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53 Q. January 1985. Before you came to McDonald's, obviously you
54 will have been at school, did you have qualifications at
55 school?
56 A. 3 O' Levels.
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58 Q. Then did you go to any form of educational institution
59 after school?
60 A. I actually, first of all, when I took my O' Levels I
