Day 247 - 10 May 96 - Page 62
1 Mr. Rampton but we did not in fact deal with it.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You might be right about that. Let me look.
4 You proceed on that basis, but you may well be right
5 because what I do remember is that Mr. Preston could not
6 remember the term he was feeling for and I definitely
7 remember Mr. Rampton saying 'captive bolt' and Mr. Preston
8 saying 'that is it', so you may well be right. But it was
9 just Mr. Rampton who had asked questions about it.
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11 MS. STEEL: OK.
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13 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I do not understand why we are going back
14 to it. We were there on Tuesday.
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, but deterred by me because I thought
17 Ms. Steel had asked questions about it, or Mr. Morris, and
18 I think she may well be right, but you had asked questions
19 but they had not cross-examined about it.
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21 MR. RAMPTON: I may have done.
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23 MS. STEEL: OK. If we find...
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What you have to think about is whether Mr.
26 Preston can actually help because the situation you have at
27 the moment is of there being a denial on behalf of the
28 Plaintiffs that they had used the captive bolt system
29 whereas we know that they did use it.
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31 Now, you will make of that whatever you wish. Whether Mr.
32 Preston can add to it one way or another, I do not know.
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34 MS. STEEL: OK.
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You may think that I am not making any comment
37 on whether the point is good or bad, but you have the
38 material and you need to make points so I can assess
39 whether it is good or bad.
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41 MS. STEEL: I will put one part of that to the witness, but the
42 problem is I cannot remember where it is. I think it is in
43 volume pink 9.
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Which part of it?
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47 MS. STEEL: Has the witness got a copy?
48 A. There is no pink 9 here.
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: There is no pink 9 up there. (Handed).
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is it...
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54 MS. STEEL: In tab I, I think it is supposed to be. It is
55 right at the back.
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What do you want; do you want the article
58 Barlows letter or Oswald Hickson's letter?
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60 MS. STEEL: If we have a quick look at the article first.
