Day 071 - 11 Jan 95 - Page 02
1 11th January, 1995.
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3 MR. MORRIS: May I start with a couple of administrative
4 matters? We have a further witness statement which is
5 relevant to food hygiene.
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7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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9 MR. MORRIS: It is a Dr. Steven Dealer, an expert on BSE in
10 cattle. I believe actually he sent a copy of his statement
11 to McDonald's a couple of weeks ago, but that is the first
12 time it has been formally served today.
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14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Leave it there for a moment. When
15 Mr. Rampton has had time to look at it, he can say what he
16 wishes.
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18 MR. MORRIS: Just a couple of matters about the timetable or
19 maybe the documentation first. I presume that you received
20 a number of letters beforehand. We have proposed a sort of
21 method of co-operation with the Plaintiffs both on
22 documentation and on time-tabling but maybe now is not the
23 time to go into it, but it might be worth spending some
24 time at some stage fairly soon to discuss -----
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I suggest that between yourselves you discuss
27 when any issues as to time-tabling, either in the immediate
28 future or the more distant future, can be discussed. Fix a
29 time some time within the next, I suggest before the middle
30 of next week anyway, or by the middle of next week when we
31 can spend half an hour or on hour talking about that, if
32 need be.
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34 MR. MORRIS: Yes. While we are on the documentation procedure,
35 it might be worth setting a place to put the Dr. Steven
36 Dealer statement.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Leave that for the moment. Hold on to it.
39 It has been served on McDonald's and I will give
40 Mr. Rampton an opportunity to say anything he wishes to say
41 when he has had an opportunity to read it.
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43 MR. MORRIS: Just on the timetable problem, we do not feel that
44 the draft timetable that has been proposed is realistic.
45 So, if it is not considered to be a tablet of stone until
46 we have had this chance to -----
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, I do not think the timetable ever can be
49 written in stone, but what I have said is, what I suggest
50 is we get on with, is it, Mr. or Miss Stacey Stump?
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52 MR. RAMPTON: Mr., my Lord.
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If we move on with Mr. Stacey Stump, then
55 Mr. Hopkins and you, between you, agree a time early next
56 week where we can give some half an hour to discuss the
57 timetable, either the immediate timetable or what you wish
58 to say about breaks and things like that.
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60 MR. RAMPTON: Mr. Stump, could you go into that witness box,
