Day 129 - 25 May 95 - Page 02
1 Thursday, 25th May 1995.
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3 MS. STEEL: I have spoken to Mr. Morris and he says he
4 definitely has someone for tomorrow, but he asked about
5 starting at 10.15 rather than 10.30. The other thing was
6 when I spoke to him this morning, he said something about
7 he might be able to get someone for this afternoon --
8 I think somebody he had known for years had turned up; I am
9 not sure what it was -- but he was going to telephone the
10 court this morning to find out.
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If he rings Mr. Stiles, well and good,
13 otherwise I will ask Mr. Stiles to try to contact him late
14 in the morning.
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16 MS. STEEL: The other thing is that I do not expect to go beyond
17 this morning. In fact, I am not really sure I have a
18 massive amount left.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The one thing you should not do -- I am not
21 suggesting you would -- is carry on in the hope that you
22 will bridge any gap between the end of your
23 cross-examination and when Mr. Morris might start his,
24 because, subject to anything Mr. Rampton wants to say, it
25 would obviously be convenient if Mr. Morris gets here this
26 afternoon, but if he did not, we would break off at the end
27 of your cross-examination-- this would be my proposal, Mr.
28 Rampton -- and come in the morning, so that Mr. Morris can
29 cross-examine tomorrow.
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31 MR. RAMPTON: What I respectfully suggest is if we get news from
32 Mr. Morris that he is coming this afternoon before Ms.
33 Steel has finished, then she can stop, we can all go away
34 and, if it is convenient to your Lordship, come back at
35 2.00.
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us see how we go.
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39 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I do have some of the documents that your
40 Lordship indicated that we might consider disclosing. One
41 is a blank McDonald's restaurant safety audit form. My
42 Lord, I have, because Mrs. Barnes brought them, three
43 copies -- aside perhaps from her own personal copy, which
44 might be marked, I do not know -- of the Government
45 publication Successful Health and Safety Management which
46 is mentioned in the HSE Report we have already. Those are
47 the only three that we have. They cost £10 each. I am
48 quite willing for them to be handed out and looked at, but
49 there is not quite enough for everybody.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I suggest for the time being -- you want
52 to keep one for yourself?
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54 MR. RAMPTON: Yes.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Mrs. Barnes is obviously familiar with
57 it. What I suggest is you keep one, lend two to Ms. Steel
58 for the time being.
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60 MR. RAMPTON: Does your Lordship not want one?
