Day 275 - 08 Jul 96 - Page 08

     
     1        relevant parts, by me as part of the evidence is inevitable
     2        then the sooner an admission is made the better.  I would
     3        still very much like to finish the evidence by that thick
     4        line which I think comes after 18th July.  If that is not
     5        possible, then the rest of the term ought to be for these,
     6        what I describe, whether they are so or not, as formalities
     7        anyway.
     8
     9   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes.  My Lord, there is only one other thing I
    10        would say in relation to that, assuming Miss Steel starts
    11        her evidence in a moment or two, and whether your Lordship
    12        goes to quarter to four or four o'clock today, I will
    13        expect to finish cross-examining her, I do not know how
    14        long her evidence in chief will be but certainly no later
    15        than Thursday and quite possibly on Wednesday, and
    16        Mr. Morris to start on Thursday or Friday to finish in
    17        comfortable time before the thick black line.
    18
    19   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Let us see how we go.  Have you anything to
    20        say about that proposed way of approaching things?
    21
    22   MS. STEEL:   No, but I want to say something about going in the
    23        witness box.
    24
    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    26
    27   MS. STEEL:  Just that I have got a notebook where I have made a
    28        note of some things that I want to bring up.  I have also
    29        got some notes of some of the private investigators'
    30        reports where I want to--
    31
    32   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Is it a sort of aide memoir?
    33
    34   MS. STEEL:  Yes, and I want to know whether or not I can take it
    35        up there and also, because obviously I want to take a note
    36        with me and a pen so that I can make notes of anything that
    37        I might want to bring up in re-examination.  Well, when I
    38        kind of re-examine myself, and I think you said that would
    39        be all right.
    40
    MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not see why you should not take either a
    42        notebook or some sheets of paper to remind yourself of
    43        topics which come into your mind as a result of
    44        cross-examination.  What about the other matters?
    45
    46   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I do not think, if I may say so, it is
    47        entirely sensible, it is impossible for Miss Steel--
    48
    49   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  There is no objection from me.  I am merely
    50        giving you the opportunity to.
    51
    52   MR. RAMPTON:  No, I mean, one could say that she is going to use
    53        a prompt sheet but that would be, in the circumstances,
    54        rather silly.
    55
    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well, her prompt sheet would be her counsel
    57        otherwise.
    58
    59   MR. RAMPTON:  Exactly.
    60