Day 183 - 03 Nov 95 - Page 02
1 Friday, 3rd November 1995
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3 MS. STEEL: If I could call Mrs. Baker, please?
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5 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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7 SARAH BAKER, affirmed
8 Examined by the Defendants
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10 MS. STEEL: Could you give us your full name, please?
11 A. Sarah Baker.
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13 Q. Could you tell us your present occupation?
14 A. Reflexologist.
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16 Q. Perhaps the easiest thing is if you get your statement out;
17 it should be on the top row behind you, pale blue bundle,
18 I think it is No. 3.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is No. 3, yes. It is divider 12.
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22 MS. STEEL: I think it is 12.
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24 MR. RAMPTON: 2 it is, my Lord; 3 is the Civil Evidence Act.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Sorry, that is quite right. Yes, it is pale
27 blue 2. Can you put that one away?
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29 MS. STEEL: Sorry about that.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you. Divider 12.
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33 MS. STEEL (To the witness): You used to work for McDonald's,
34 that is correct?
35 A. Yes, it is, yes.
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37 Q. Which store was that?
38 A. Sidcup.
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40 Q. Right. I will read through your statement and then if at
41 the end of it you can say whether or not you confirm its
42 accuracy or whether there is anything you want to correct.
43 In fact, if there is anything you want to correct as I am
44 going through it, then say so.
45 A. Yes.
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47 Q. The statement of Sarah Baker: "I was employed by
48 McDonald's to work at their Sidcup Fast Food Restaurant
49 situated at 186 High Street, Sidcup, Kent, from 5th January
50 1985 until 29th May 1985 inclusive.
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52 This statement consists of a record of the events leading
53 up to my eventual dismissal from my employment with
54 McDonald's on 29th May 1985, and my subsequent claim
55 against McDonald's for unfair dismissal. It also includes
56 an account of the normal working hours that one worked at
57 the Sidcup Restaurant.
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59 In May 1985 I was pregnant for my first child. I had
60 informed my manager in March 1985 of my condition. It was
