Day 301 - 15 Nov 96 - Page 50

     
     1        As regards our witnesses, every single one was independent
     2        and had absolutely no commercial relationship -- or, in
     3        fact, any other relationship, as far as I can remember --
     4        with us, and they were free to speak as they saw the
     5        truth.  It would not matter if McDonald's called 100
     6        witnesses to counter one of our witnesses, because, as far
     7        as we can see, our witnesses had the ring of truth in them,
     8        and they were coming for no other reason other than to help
     9        the court for that purpose.  I think almost none of them
    10        were effectively challenged by Mr. Rampton in any kind of
    11         -- none of them were effectively challenged, but a lot of
    12        them were not challenged at all.
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    14        I say that because I am not going to be able to delve in
    15        depth into the extensive evidence we have heard on this
    16        issue on Monday and Tuesday; I am going to try to stick to
    17        what I call the core witnesses, such as Mr. Pearson and
    18        Mr. Beavers, things like that.
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    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think that is a sensible approach to take,
         anyway.  We will call it a day there, and we will resume at
    22        10.30 on Monday morning.
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    24                         (The Court Adjourned)
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