Day 170 - 05 Oct 95 - Page 05
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2 Q. Where?
3 A. At Clapham Junction.
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5 Q. You have just got back from maternity leave, in fact?
6 A. Yes, that is right.
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8 Q. Have you had a chance to read your first statement and the
9 supplementary statement that you have done in this case
10 recently?
11 A. Yes, I have.
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13 Q. Are you prepared to stand by what is in those statements as
14 your evidence-in-chief?
15 A. Yes.
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17 Q. Thank you.
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19 MS. STEEL: Can the first one be read out because we were not
20 given a copy of that yesterday. I presumed that they were
21 not going to bother referring to it since it is largely
22 dealt with in the second one, but I do not know whether we
23 have the same copy of the first statement as the
24 Plaintiffs. It is fairly short.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just hand a copy of the first statement to
27 Ms. Steel because it is only one page and she can check
28 it. Sit down please, Mrs. Norris.
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30 MR. ATKINSON: My Lord, it was our intention to send one.
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, it is very short so just give Ms. Steel
33 an opportunity to check it through. (Pause)
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35 MR. MORRIS: Yes, it is the same.
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Very well. Yes. Who is going to start
38 cross-examining?
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40 MR. MORRIS: Sorry.
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42 Cross-examined by the Defendants
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44 MR. MORRIS: Mrs. Norris, you did not see the accident of
45 Melanie O'Riordon?
46 A. Yes, I did.
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48 Q. You witnessed the accident?
49 A. Yes, we were working in the same area.
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51 Q. So did you see her slip over on some liquid fat that was on
52 the floor, oil, presumably, that was on the floor?
53 A. Well, at the time she said it was some pink stuff that
54 was on the floor.
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56 Q. Yes, but did you see?
57 A. Yes, I saw her slip. I saw her slip and fell on the
58 ground.
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60 Q. Right. Did you see the liquid or whatever was on the
