Day 298 - 11 Nov 96 - Page 02

     
     1                                 Monday, 11th November, 1996
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     3   MS. STEEL:   I am going to go on with the nutrition thing in a
     4        second, but I would like to mention now, or ask now; when
     5        you gave your ruling about the directions for how long we
     6        had for various things, you said that we should say to you,
     7        basically, if we could not keep up with it.
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     9   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
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    11   MS. STEEL:   As to going on, it is getting increasingly chaotic,
    12        and I had real difficulties this weekend getting through
    13        all the things I wanted to read relating to nutrition and,
    14        in fact, I could not do it.  I have done some more work.  I
    15        understand that we have got to finish nutrition today, so
    16        anything further I will have to put in writing.  But in
    17        terms of advertising, which I had also hoped to get some
    18        work done on, I was not able to get any done at the
    19        weekend.  I am not really ready to go on to advertising.
    20        Mr. Morris is not ready to go to employment.  We would like
    21        to ask for a day or two of preparation after today before
    22        we go on to the next issue.
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    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I suggest you do is press on as best you
    25        can, and see where we get to this afternoon.  What is your
    26        plan after nutrition as to who goes next on which
    27        subject?
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    29   MS. STEEL:   I was going to do advertising but that is not
    30        ready, neither is employment and it is probably easier for
    31        me to get advertising ready than it is for Dave to get
    32        employment ready.  But if we were to have a day, or two
    33        days, then obviously both of us could spend time working on
    34        each of those issues.
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    36   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   Do you have anything to say, Mr. Rampton?
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    38   MR. RAMPTON:   No, my Lord.
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    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:    It seems to me it is a balancing -----
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    42   MR. RAMPTON:   I am not going to interfere.  The Court of Appeal
    43        has said it is entirely a matter for your Lordship.
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    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What occurs to me is that you should press on
    46        as well as you can and as productively as you can today
    47        with nutrition.  I am sure you will do your best, but I
    48        will say it anyway, do your best to press on as far as you
    49        can.  If at some stage during the day the fact is you have
    50        run dry, I want you to tell me so.  In any event, I will
    51        not sit tomorrow.
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    53   MS. STEEL:   Okay, thank you.
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    55   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   There we are.
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    57   MS. STEEL:   Thank you.  It is appreciated.
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    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   But I think when we have finished this
    60        afternoon, we will have a short discussion about what