Day 306 - 26 Nov 96 - Page 09

     
     1        office that this was one of the cases going on".  That goes
     2        to the fact that it was likely that he would have known it
     3        was about McDonald's -- well, it is extremely unlikely he
     4        would have known it was about McDonald's.  The fact that he
     5        was prepared to go to see one of the witnesses, Frances
     6        Tiller, to tell her that her planning to give evidence was
     7        being disloyal to the company and she had broken
     8        confidentiality agreements when, in fact, of course she has
     9        an obligation to give evidence in a court of law if called
    10        on to do so.  Then, also, the fact that he was ordered to
    11        do that by the firm brings discredit on to the firm and
    12        they should know, being involved no doubt with hundreds of
    13        court cases or prepared preparations for them, that they
    14        are not to influence the witnesses, potential witnesses, in
    15        any way and that, we would say, throws discredit on the
    16        Kings firm and on him, but in particular on the firm,
    17        because he was instructed to do that by Mr. Hartley in
    18        charge of the firm, and that also throws doubt upon
    19        unverified processes that have taken place with notes and
    20        reports and leaflets, attached leaflets, for the solicitors
         in this case, from this firm as to whether things have
    22        taken place which have influenced the content of that
    23        material before they arrived at the Barlow Lyde and Gilbert
    24        offices, because they clearly want to influence the course
    25        of events.  One last point was that on top of page 15 he
    26        says that Frances Tiller was a good worker and an honest
    27        worker.
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    29        That is Mr. Russell dealt with.  I just have to sit down
    30        for a couple of minutes and work out who is going next.
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    32   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   Yes.  (Pause).
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    34   MR. MORRIS:   I am going to go on to Mr. Bishop.  I am trying to
    35        flick through as quickly as I can.  This is the only way
    36        I can do it.
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    38        When he was examined by Mr. Rampton on day 259, page 81,
    39        line 41, I think actually he said about Mr. Gravett,
    40        Mr. Morris and Ms. Steel in his notes, he said that we had
         been leading members, or something, or part of a hierarchy,
    42        and in answer to a question from Mr. Rampton he said: "My
    43        impression was formed mainly because decisions that were
    44        made by these three seemed to be followed by the remaining
    45        members of the group."  Speaking about myself, seeing as
    46        Mr. Bishop attended twelve meetings, of which I attended
    47        only one, according to his notes -- sorry, let us have a
    48        look -- on 2nd August -- in fact, it was actually two, but
    49        he only noted me down for one, I think it was.  I will just
    50        check.  (Pause). 
    51 
    52        Then he cannot possibly see a pattern.  It just may have 
    53        been that the meeting I attended I was particularly, you
    54        know, vociferous, which may have been an indication of
    55        exactly the lack of influence that I had, that I might have
    56        talked too much the few times that I did visit, but he
    57        would have to show how decisions were made as a result of
    58        my influential position.  I do not know if any decisions
    59        were made at all at that meeting or not.
    60