Day 155 - 14 Jul 95 - Page 03
1 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I only add I am hoping that Mr. Atkinson
2 will be able to find most of what is on that list somewhere
3 or other. The ECHR case is, no doubt, a decision of the
4 Strasbourg Court of Human Rights. That should be
5 available. There are, however, listed a number of,
6 I think, applications. I am not at all certain if they are
7 reported anywhere because unless they have actually been
8 decided by the European Court, they will remain as
9 applications to the Commission which has, as your Lordship
10 knows, a filtering function before it gets to the court,
11 and whether we will ever find those I do not know. In so
12 far as we are able to find what the Defendants have not, we
13 will provide copies.
14
15 MR. TONY GIARDINA, sworn
16 Examined by MR. RAMPTON QC.
17
18 Q. Mr. Giardina, I have you down as Tony Giardina; are those
19 your full names?
20 A. That is correct.
21
22 Q. Can you please keep your voice as loud as possible because
23 this court is difficult for hearing. I am the furthest
24 away. If you make sure that I hear, then everybody else
25 will hear as well.
26 A. OK.
27
28 Q. Are you, Mr. Giardina, the General Manager of the
29 McDonald's store in the Strand?
30 A. That is correct.
31
32 Q. How long have you been in that position?
33 A. Since September 1st of last year.
34
35 Q. September 1st, 1994. What position did you hold prior to
36 that?
37 A. I was an Area Manager for four restaurants in Central
38 London.
39
40 Q. Is that Area Manager the same thing as Area Supervisor?
41 A. The same thing, yes.
42
43 Q. Which were those four restaurants in Central London?
44 A. At the time it was Haymarket, Tower Hill, Kensington
45 and Oxford Street.
46
47 Q. One of the Oxford Street restaurants?
48 A. Yes.
49
50 Q. When did you start your career at McDonald's?
51 A. January 1982. I was a crew member at the Enfield
52 branch, I think it was about 85/86. I then worked through
53 all the hierarchy etc. etc., and became a Second Assistant,
54 I think it was in 85.
55
56 Q. So you had started off as ordinary crew member in Enfield
57 in January 1982?
58 A. That is correct.
59
60 Q. Did you go on to be Floor Manager?
