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1 Mike Logan to come this Thursday or Mr. Beech to come next
2 Friday, or any of the other matters. But, in the spirit of
3 co-operation, we have been trying to fit in to what he
4 suggested for their witnesses in the case. So, I do not
5 think he should make snidey comments, and if our witnesses
6 cannot fit in, it is bad luck on Mr. Rampton.
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I did not take it to be a snidey comment; if
9 it was, let it pass. Do your best to fix them for those
10 days and let us know as soon as possible.
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12 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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14 MR. RAMPTON: If I did make a snidey comment, it would be rather
15 more obvious to me and to your Lordship.
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let it pass, Mr. Rampton.
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19 MR. RAMPTON: Can I turn next to Corey Mainprize, the
20 Orangeville, Ontario, statement which we have been given
21 recently under the Civil Evidence Act, I believe. I have a
22 complaint about this; whether your Lordship thinks that it
23 matters or not is another matter. So far as the substance
24 is concerned, it does not really carry the matter one way
25 or the other, but I do have a complaint about this.
26 I notice the date is November 6th, 1995 which was before
27 any of the live witnesses from Canada gave evidence.
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29 MR. MORRIS: My recollection is that Sarah Inglis brought this
30 with her. In fact, if you look at the bottom, that is
31 actually my handwriting at the very bottom, "NB", which
32 I checked with the witness. So that is, effectively, a
33 note of attendance at the very bottom where I checked that
34 with the person, with Corey Mainprize. I think that was
35 either during or after Sarah Inglis had finished her
36 evidence.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If there is any possibility, if you do get
39 witness statements, I appreciate there are certain
40 situations where it may be a difficult decision whether you
41 want to call a witness or put the statement in at all or
42 just leave it in your file (because it is not a disclosable
43 document, it is a witness statement), but it is very
44 important to decide as soon as possible which way you are
45 going to go.
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47 MR. MORRIS: Yes, I mean, I apologise for that. If I can say
48 that the Plaintiff's witnesses would not be relevant to
49 this statement anyway because it deals with something that
50 Cam Ballantyne said.
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52 MR. RAMPTON: One does not know that, of course, until one has
53 looked into it.
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55 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, there we are. Your point has been made,
56 Mr. Rampton.
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58 MR. RAMPTON: I have nothing ------
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is there any objection to it?
