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     2   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes.
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     4   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Or rather I will call her Ms. Bensilum.
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     6   MR. RAMPTON:  They are a separate document from the typewritten
     7        ones.
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     9   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  Thank you.
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    11        Is there anything you want to say about the further
    12        disclosure?  I am not inviting you to; I am just giving you
    13        an opportunity before Mr. Preston comes back into the
    14        witness box?
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    16   MR. MORRIS:  I am just checking.  I am not aware of this legal
    17        hiatus in our claim that we need to plead individuals
    18        motivated by malice regarding the counterclaim.  But
    19        certainly if that is what is needed, then we would have to
    20        do that.
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    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I suggest is that you think about that
    23        and then when we have a gap after today, if you want any
    24        further discussion of that, raise it.  My main concern
    25        obviously at the moment is to carry on with Mr. Preston's
    26        evidence, and I do not think anything Mr. Rampton has said
    27        affects that.
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    29   MR. MORRIS:  Right.
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    31   MS. STEEL:   Can we say as well, for the record, that we reject
    32        what Mr. Rampton was saying about misusing this.  I am not
    33        quite sure how you would misuse names of people present at
    34        meetings anyway, but I would like it on the record that we
    35        do not accept any of what he is saying.
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    37   MR. JUSTICE BELL: No further ruling is required from me on this,
    38        so I propose to say no more about it.
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    40   MR. MORRIS:  Can I ask, while we are having a look, dealing with
         a couple of bits and pieces, that we get a copy of the
    42        video from America that we had the transcript for?
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    44   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes.  It has been prepared.  We want to look at it
    45        ourselves.  We have not had a chance.  Mrs. Brinley-Codd
    46        got it this morning.  We will look at it after court today
    47        and then it will be transmitted by some convenient means.
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    49        There are only 3 copies being made.  What we are proposing
    50        is that your Lordship has one, there is one to be left in 
    51        court, and the Defendants will, on this occasion, we would 
    52        suggest, share one. 
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    54   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If they want they can borrow mine and then
    55        I will ask either Ms. Steel or Mr. Morris to hand a copy
    56        back to me if and when it is shown.
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    58   MR. RAMPTON:  It is going to be very short.
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    60   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I am not going to look at it unless I am