Day 190 - 23 Nov 95 - Page 06

     
     1        wrapped over the knuckles if we had tried a similar tactic
     2        of leaving it until the last minute.
     3
     4   MR. RAMPTON:  It is not a tactic.  The reason I raise it now is
     5        that I did not see Lynval's interviews, the transcription
     6        of the interview, until yesterday afternoon.
     7
     8   MS. STEEL:  But Mr. Rampton also wants to object to Mr. Ryan's
     9        interview and the notes from the meeting with the
    10        solicitor.
    11
    12   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I am not going to consider any question of
    13        costs at this stage.  Some time in the next century when
    14        this case is completed, I will deal with the question of
    15        costs overall; and if people want to raise costs of
    16        individual items in the case, they can argue them then.
    17
    18        The only question is whether it is worth asking Ms. Lamb,
    19        if she is going to be in London anyway, whether she can
    20        ring in later in the day to see if there is any prospect of
         her being called wholly or in part today.  (Pause)
    22
    23   MR. MORRIS:  What we will do is, we will phone Ms. Lamb at
    24        lunchtime.
    25
    26   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I suggest is, unless Ms. Lamb has to
    27        leave the area completely, that you make some arrangement
    28        where you can ring her at about one o'clock.
    29
    30   MR. MORRIS:  She is going back to work.  It is in London.
    31
    32   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Does she work in London?
    33
    34   MR. MORRIS:  Brixton.
    35
    36   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Ms. Lamb, can you be somewhere near a
    37        telephone between about ten to one and ten past?
    38
    39   MISS LAMB:   Yes. I can do my best.  If I go back to work, we
    40        have actually got quite a major event at the House of
         Commons today, and if I go back to work I ought to go to
    42        that, because I cannot be back to work and not there.  But
    43        I can do my best.
    44
    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I would like Ms. Lamb to do is leave a
    46        phone number, which she may have already, where she can
    47        either be contacted or you can contact someone who will
    48        know where Ms. Lamb is, so that you can try and get in
    49        touch with her.
    50 
    51        The next stage is, I would invite you to deploy your 
    52        argument.  Is this an instance where you are content that 
    53        the Defendants should have a transcript of the argument?
    54
    55   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, my Lord, certainly.  I have also -- I am
    56        afraid it is not as beautifully prepared as it sometimes
    57        is, because I did it in a frightful hurry -- but I have a
    58        bundles of authorities which do have a handwritten index on
    59        them.
    60