Day 270 - 28 Jun 96 - Page 12
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do it in as short a form as you can. All you
4 need to say is: Second paragraph on that page, is that
5 accurate to the best of your recollection?
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7 MS. STEEL: If we go to the next paragraph, you have got:
8 "'The fayre' was then brought up for discussion and I
9 understood this to be the anti-McDonald's day fayre on 16th
10 October. It was decided that the next meeting would be
11 devoted to discussing plans for this fayre. It was
12 mentioned that Paul would again not be attending the next
13 meeting and that he was not in favour of the fayre being
14 held as they did not have the manpower to properly organise
15 it. It seems that Paul had in the past been the main
16 organiser of the fayre."
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18 We have actually heard in this case that the annual
19 anti-McDonald's day that was held on 16th October was a day
20 of protest and that the anti-McDonald's fayre was a
21 separate event, generally about two weeks away from the
22 16th October, and that this year it was actually the London
23 Greenpeace fayre, not the anti-McDonald's fayre. This,
24 what you have written here, do you know whether or not that
25 is an accurate reflection of what was said at the meeting,
26 or what?
27 A. Looking at the way I wrote it, I feel that I was -- it
28 was an impression that I had got of what was being
29 discussed. I understood this to be the annual McDonald's
30 day fayre.
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32 Q. When did you make your notes after the meeting, do you
33 remember?
34 A. It would be when I got home, after I arrived home. So,
35 as soon as I could after the meeting; about an hour later
36 perhaps.
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38 Q. Right.
39 A. But I was unfamiliar with -- because I had not been to
40 many meetings -- with the subject matter that was being
41 discussed, and this paragraph looks as though I am saying
42 it seems that, meaning that I am -- that was my impression
43 of what was being discussed. So, it is possible that I
44 could have got the two dates confused and thought there was
45 only one. I do not know. I mean, if there were two
46 separate dates by what I have written here, it looks as
47 though I have understood that there was only one date. But
48 I could have got that wrong.
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50 Q. Did you make an effort to try and get things accurate?
51 A. Yes, I made a very great effort to try and report
52 things as accurately as I could. But not understanding the
53 subject all that well, and not being that familiar, it is
54 possible I could have made some mistakes.
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56 Q. Right. The second part of that, was that the best of your
57 recollection at the time, the second part of that
58 paragraph?
59 A. Do you mean about Paul attending?
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