Day 161 - 24 Jul 95 - Page 02
1 Monday, 24th July, 1995
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4 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, Miss Anteneh is here. Would you go into
5 the witness box, please?
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7 ALMAZ ANTENEH, sworn
8 Examined by MR. RAMPTON Q.C.
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10 MR. RAMPTON: Are your full names Almaz Anteneh?
11 A. Yes.
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13 Q. And you give your address as McDonald's Head Office,
14 East Finchley, North London?
15 A. 11569 High Road, East Finchley.
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17 Q. That is all right. We have had that many times. Thank
18 you. Are you now a McDonald's franchisee?
19 A. That is correct.
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21 Q. I will not ask you the address of your restaurant, for the
22 reasons that you have put in your statement. Were you, in
23 1987, the Manager of the Strand restaurant?
24 A. That is correct.
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26 MISS STEEL: Can I just say, I object to the reasons that are
27 given in the statement. It is, quite plainly, absolutely
28 nothing to do about this case; and it is not like it is
29 someone's personal address. She may be a Manager of a
30 store which has other relevance in this -- sorry, a
31 franchisee of a store which is -----
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I suggest you do, when we come to
34 cross-examination, we will deal with it then. When you
35 come to a point you want to ask her about where the
36 whereabouts of her store is relevant, raise it, and I will
37 rule on it.
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39 MS. STEEL: The point I am making is that the reason given in
40 the statement is quite clear -- it is quite clear that it
41 is absolutely nothing to do with this case and, therefore,
42 it should not be used as an excuse for not giving the
43 store's address.
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do not know yet. I will rule on it when we
46 come to any part in the evidence which is relevant to it.
47 I assume that will be when you raise something in
48 cross-examination. Then when I see what it is you want to
49 put, I will rule whether it is necessary to disclose where
50 Miss Anteneh's store is.
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52 MR. RAMPTON: I do not, myself, believe that the location of the
53 address of Miss Anteneh's store has any relevance to the
54 issues in this case.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I will wait and see, Mr. Rampton. I just
57 cannot tell at the moment.
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59 MR. RAMPTON: I am not going to deal with it, what I am saying;
60 nor am I going to go into the detail of paragraph 2 of her
