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1 and Ipswich he went to off and on for some several weeks;
2 and the point he was going to make was that there was not
3 much difference; and I think other witnesses have been
4 asked in the witness box -- quite a lot of them -- if they
5 have worked at other stores, you know, "Was your experience
6 roughly the same elsewhere where you have worked for
7 McDonald's?" We were not going to go into any details of
8 any kind.
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10 In fact, with Milton Keynes, there was another detail which
11 I see from my notes that he wanted to say. He said that he
12 was badly treated at Milton Keynes in his statement.
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14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. I read that.
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16 MR. MORRIS: He wanted to say that the reason he was badly
17 treated was that he was expected to work extremely long
18 hours.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That is number 3, is it not, on your list?
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22 MR. MORRIS: I am sorry?
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Point 3.
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26 MR. MORRIS: Yes. The Plaintiffs have not complained about that
27 one. So that is fair enough, then. I am sorry, I thought
28 I had not put it down.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I suggest, unless Mr. Rampton wants to
31 come back, is that I give you leave to ask Mr. Gibney about
32 the matters which appear on your sheet, and times and names
33 as well, if you wish, in relation to Colchester and
34 Milton Keynes; that rather than you giving written
35 particulars, if you can get written particulars off him
36 tomorrow and get them to Mrs. Brinley-Codd, try to do so.
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38 MR. MORRIS: About Clacton and Ipswich?
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, no, about Colchester and Milton Keynes.
41 Put Clacton and Ipswich on one side for the moment. Put
42 them on one side for the moment. We will come back to
43 them.
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45 MR. MORRIS: I am not bothered about Clacton and Ipswich,
46 particularly.
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: At the moment, I am minded to restrict the
49 evidence to Colchester and Milton Keynes. I cannot believe
50 it will make one jot of difference one way or the other,
51 the other places, anyway, because, as I have said, the way
52 it looks to me at the moment, if I accept Mr. Gibney's
53 evidence about Colchester, you have achieved all you could
54 reasonably expect to achieve from his evidence, and, if I
55 do not accept it, talking about other restaurants, it will
56 only be because I do not find him a credible witness
57 anyway.
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59 So let us stick to Colchester and Milton Keynes. If you
60 can give names and particulars by Monday, well and good.
