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     1   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Have I got a copy of the article at the
     2        moment?  Give me the reference, if you can.
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     4   MS. STEEL:   It is in Defendants' documents, tab 116, of the
     5        original list, bundle IV, kingfisher blue IV, and it starts
     6        four pages in behind some other press reports.
     7
     8   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you.
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    10   MS. STEEL:  The other matter is that I have spoken to Professor
    11        Crawford.
    12
    13   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    14
    15   MS. STEEL:  He has to go to give evidence in the USA to the Food
    16        and Drug Administration.  He would be able to come to court
    17        to give evidence on 18th June.  I am not sure how long
    18        Mr. Rampton thinks he might take with cross-examination and
    19        whether or not he might last -----
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    MR. JUSTICE BELL:  He should allow more than one day.  It may
    22        not be necessary, but he should allow more than one day.
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    24   MS. STEEL:   The thing is at the moment  -----
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    26   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  When is he out of the country?
    27
    28   MS. STEEL:  I think he gets back the weekend before that.  He
    29        asked me not to call him on the Monday because he might
    30        have jet-lag.
    31
    32   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  When does he go?
    33
    34   MS. STEEL:  I think at the end of May.  As far as I am aware, he
    35        is available for all of that week, but the other scheduling
    36        matters are that Danny Olive has said that he can come on
    37        19th, that is the day after his exams finish, so we were
    38        hoping to call him then.  Jane Brophy says that she could
    39        come on 20th.
    40
    MR. MORRIS:  At the moment -----
    42
    43   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Can Professor Crawford come on the week
    44        beginning Monday, 20th, 21st and 22nd?
    45
    46   MS. STEEL:   I do not think he can; and also we do not really
    47        want to call our witnesses before the Plaintiffs have given
    48        their evidence.  When I spoke to Professor Crawford, he was
    49        extremely busy and this was virtually the only time that he
    50        could fit it in. 
    51 
    52   MR. MORRIS:  We can reschedule Mr. Olive maybe to the Friday; 
    53        that will leave plenty of time for Mr. Crawford unless the
    54        Plaintiffs might think he might take more than two days.
    55
    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Quite frankly, I think Professor Crawford is
    57        more important than Mr. Olive in the overall scheme of
    58        things.  It is not to say you should not be able to call
    59        them both, but Professor Crawford has to come back.  I
    60        would be very disinclined to think that Professor