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1 might put to Professor Naismith, apart from any matters
2 which you thought of yourself.
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4 MS. STEEL: OK. I do not think I have got anything else.
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you have anything to say about that,
7 Mr. Rampton?
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9 MR. RAMPTON: No, I do not at all. I was going to try to fit my
10 witnesses in as and when dates are available. I will give
11 your Lordship some suggestions in a moment, if I may? I
12 would only say this additional thing in relation to
13 Professor Crawford: Your Lordship indicated in the ruling
14 you made the other day that if his evidence is going to be
15 extended, his evidence-in-chief, then that should be put in
16 writing and disclosed to us before he comes. It is another
17 reason for getting the stuff to him sooner rather than
18 later in case he wants to do that; if he does not want to
19 add anything -----
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21 MS. STEEL: We do not need Mr. Rampton to tell us all that.
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23 MR. RAMPTON: If he does not need any additional
24 evidence ------
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I will wait and see what happens about that.
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28 MR. RAMPTON: Yes.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What is the situation at the moment so far as
31 Monday, 20th to Wednesday, 22nd May is concerned?
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33 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, at the moment I have got Professor
34 Naismith lined up for 20th. I doubt he will go into the
35 21st, but he has that as well, if need be. I am trying to
36 get Dr. Arnott for the 22nd.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I would say that one thing, and I cannot
39 remember, but I think Professor Crawford was called after
40 Dr. Arnott and Dr. Arnott did not come back in any way ---
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42 MR. RAMPTON: That is right.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: -- one of the things which might help me is
45 anything Dr. Arnott had to say about Professor Crawford's
46 -- I cannot remember whether he dealt with this when he
47 was in the witness box himself or whether Professor
48 Crawford's subsequent statement came after Dr. Arnott had
49 given evidence -- theory of the common denominator between
50 heart disease and cancer and the unhealthy endothelia.
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52 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I remember that.
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: There we are. If Dr. Arnott does come back,
55 I might ask him about that myself, but you obviously may or
56 either of the Defendants may.
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58 MR. RAMPTON: It did, my Lord, come after Dr. Arnott had
59 finished his evidence and, of course, in those
60 circumstances, I was not in a position to deal with it.
