Day 183 - 03 Nov 95 - Page 06

     
     1   MS. STEEL:   OK.  Fine.  I do not mind.
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     3   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I am not doing this to interrupt you.  You
     4        have a statement here which is simple and clear in the
     5        extreme.  I think you only risk muddying the water in some
     6        way if you go into further detail.
     7
     8   MR. RAMPTON:  Can I say this -- I think it will be obvious to
     9        your Lordship -- assuming your Lordship accepts that
    10        account of the witness as being true ---
    11
    12   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    13
    14   MR. RAMPTON:  -- which there is absolutely no reason why your
    15        Lordship should not --- plainly this lady was badly treated
    16         ---
    17
    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    19
    20   MR. RAMPTON:  -- by that Manager; it is quite clear.
    21
    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    23
    24   MS. STEEL:   I have only one question, apart from the hours, can
    25        I just ask the witness to confirm that these are the
    26        documents surrounding her dismissal and complaint that she
    27        made?  (To the witness):  You see the documents that are in
    28        this bundle, first, there are three payslips.  Are they
    29        your payslips, copies of your payslips?
    30        A.  Yes.
    31
    32   Q.   Then there is a form about the circumstances in which you
    33        were dismissed?
    34        A.  Yes.
    35
    36   Q.   Where you set out your complaint.  That is your signature?
    37
    38   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Quite frankly, I would not bother to go into
    39        it, Ms. Steel, otherwise I will start looking in the
    40        documents to see whether there is confirmation of this and
         contradiction of that.  At the moment, all I have got is a
    42        statement which makes it quite clear.
    43
    44   MS. STEEL:   I am not worried because it all tallies anyway.
    45        (To the witness):  The final thing, if you look at the last
    46        page, this is a letter from McDonald's dated 30th September
    47        1985?
    48        A.  That is right.
    49
    50   Q.   "To whom it may concern:  Re. Mrs. Sarah Baker. 
    51 
    52             The above named was employed by McDonald's 
    53             Hamburgers Limited as a crew member between 5th
    54             January to 27th May" -- it should be 1985.
    55             "During that time we found her to be honest and
    56             trustworthy, and we know of no reason why she
    57             should not be employed in a similar capacity.
    58
    59             Yours faithfully, Peter Sullivan,
    60             Field Personnel Officer".