Day 163 - 25 Sep 95 - Page 02
1 Monday, 25th September 1995.
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3 MR. MORRIS: I have handed up some documents today. I do not
4 know if you have got the pile? You do not have to read
5 them all now, but they are mainly to do with witnesses, new
6 witnesses, supplementary statements, translations of
7 statements and things like that. Would you like me to go
8 through them or would you prefer if there are any problems
9 with them to ask me?
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11 MR. RAMPTON: Before Mr. Morris does anything with them, I would
12 not mind having a chance to read them. I only got them two
13 weeks ago. In fact, that is something he might like to
14 think about in due course.
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I will just keep them in the bundle at the
17 moment. If Mr. Rampton has anything to say about them in
18 due course, of course, I will hear him. What I would like
19 you to do, presumably, you have more than one copy of the
20 list of what the documents are?
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22 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I suggest you do overnight (and it
25 should not take very long) is mark on it where you are
26 suggesting they should go in the bundle, subject to any
27 objection, so I know where to put them.
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29 MR. MORRIS: The only problem with that is I am not sure my
30 filing system is the same as the court's.
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do not worry; kick off with your system and
33 if there is any difficulty, we will sort it out. I was
34 going to ask if there was a translation of Mr. Gary's
35 statement.
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37 MR. MORRIS: None of the things disclosed there need immediate
38 reference or action, except the most important is
39 underneath the cover note the fact there is a list of
40 outstanding legal matters which we consider need to be
41 considered this week. So the second sheet should be a
42 handwritten list of seven points which are in no particular
43 order. It says, "Nutrition strike out application". There
44 is a skeleton argument immediately under that document on
45 the nutrition matter; amendment to the Defence, proposed
46 amendments of the Defence and that is immediately under the
47 skeleton. I think they are the most two important
48 documents for immediate consideration in that pile.
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50 There may be counterclaim matters, discovery of documents,
51 there may be some matters on that. I was hoping to leave
52 that until at least tomorrow. There are some outstanding
53 disputes between the parties and other matters to do with
54 discovery. Scheduling, I think, both sides want to bring
55 that up anyway; No. 6, outstanding witnesses, which is
56 really part of scheduling. I do not know if there are any
57 further matters the Plaintiffs want to bring up this week
58 that are not on that list?
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You have applications to make, so I suggest
