Day 245 - 07 May 96 - Page 18
1 one that does not contain excessive amounts of nutrients
2 that should be avoided such as fats, sodium and the like."
3 A. I would not accept that as an isolated statement, no.
4 We are talking about diet. We are talking about
5 lifestyle. We are not talking about one product on an
6 isolated case or instance. We are talking about diet
7 here.
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9 Q. I have put to you a number of things, and I have put to you
10 that they are lies and you have disagreed, yes?
11 A. I have disagreed, yes.
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13 Q. So what to you is a "lie" in that case?
14 A. What to me is a lie?
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16 Q. Yes?
17 A. Something that is untrue.
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19 Q. So if any of those turn out to be untrue?
20 ?
21 A. And known to be.
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23 Q. They would be lies?
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. Finish what you were going to say? You
26 were saying "and known to be"?
27 A. And known to be untrue.
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29 MR. MORRIS: Known by who to be untrue?
30 A. Known by the giver of the information.
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32 MS. STEEL: You confirmed the accuracy of your supplementary
33 statement this morning to Mr. Rampton. Do you remember
34 that?
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can we put that away?
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38 MS. STEEL: Yes, sorry.
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40 MR. MORRIS: You can put all of it away.
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42 MS. STEEL: Do you remember confirming the accuracy of your
43 statement, yes?
44 A. Yes.
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46 Q. And your statement says that you still have a claim for
47 damages in this case?
48 A. Yes.
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50 Q. Right. That is true?
51 A. That is true.
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53 Q. Right. You can confirm, can you not, Mr. Preston, that
54 prior to serving writs on myself, Mr. Morris and 3 other
55 people in September 1990, you had never written to us
56 complaining about the leaflet which is the subject of this
57 libel action?
58 A. I do not remember. Did I write? I do not think I did.
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60 Q. You are here to give evidence on behalf of the McDonald's
