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     1        that we are trying to put people in for the 25th and
     2        26th February or March, just so that the Plaintiffs do not
     3        book anybody else in.
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     5   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Who have you in mind for those dates?
     6
     7   MR. MORRIS:  We have asked Howard Leimann to come on the 26th,
     8        the ex-cattle rancher.  He has not been confirmed yet.  He
     9        cannot come before that.  Also, on the 25th we have asked
    10        Colin Campbell if he can come.  He made a new statement
    11        some months ago, but that will be part of the discussion
    12        about the nutrition evidence in any case.  As they are both
    13        in America, we wanted to give them plenty of time to test
    14        their availability.
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Dr. Campbell is on the topic of nutrition,
    17        Mr. Leimann is not, but if you can fix any date for him to
    18        get here, I suggest he be fitted in on that date,
    19        Mr. Rampton, whatever else we are doing.
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    MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, yes.  I have no objection to somebody
    22        doing that.
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just let everyone know as soon as you can if
    25        you confirm those dates or have other ones.
    26
    27   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
    28
    29   MR. RAMPTON:  We will do our best to accommodate that, provided
    30        we get sufficient notice because, if we have further
    31        nutrition evidence, it will be from busy, professional
    32        people and we need to know well in advance which days they
    33        ought not come to court -- not at the last minute because
    34        that will leave to confusion and difficulty.
    35
    36   MR. MORRIS:  Can I say, the Plaintiffs have drawn up a schedule
    37        entirely at their own convenience and our busy professional
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    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  See if you cannot fix Mr. Campbell for the
         25th, Dr. Campbell, and Mr. Liemann for the 26th, but let
    42        us know absolutely as soon as possible.  The point is you
    43        may very well have a very, very strong case for calling
    44        Dr. Campbell on the Monday, the 25th, if he can come
    45        then  ---
    46
    47   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
    48
    49   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  -- but if it is not known until a week before
    50        and by that time some clinician who would much rather be in 
    51        hospital than here has been fixed for that date, it may 
    52        have gone, do you understand? 
    53
    54   MR. MORRIS:  I understand that, but all I am saying is that
    55        Mr. Rampton makes some snidey comment -- I know that we do
    56        not need to deal with snidey comments -- about his
    57        witnesses being busy, professional people, but I want to
    58        say that Mr. Rampton's side has been fixing the schedule or
    59        doing the drafts, and we have done our best to fit in as a
    60        matter of convenience.  We were never asked if we wanted