Day 136 - 16 Jun 95 - Page 20


     
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     2   Q.   -- it has a stamp 12th July 1989, and the plan itself was
     3        drawn in December 1987?
     4        A.  That is correct.
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     6   MR. MORRIS:  The last amendment E has not got an
     7        actual -- I cannot read it.
     8        A.  It says "non-slip tiles added".
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    10   Q.   Yes, but the date says 22.9 ---
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    12   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  But has it something ------
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    14   MR. MORRIS:  -- something.  Does anybody know?
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    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Is it a "9", can you tell or not?  The one
    17        above is 88.
    18        A.  I would say it is a "9", sir.
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    20   MR. MORRIS:  So, what is that, 22.9.89?
    21        A.  89, yes.
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    23   Q.   So just to clarify that, that date, E, is 22.9.89, is it?
    24        A.  Yes, that is what I am reading.
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    26   MS. STEEL:  Just to clarify, you are not saying it is 1989, from
    27        your own knowledge; you are saying that from what you think
    28        you can read on there?
    29        A.  From what I can see, from what I can see.
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    31   MR. MORRIS:  You can see it, OK, because we cannot read that at
    32        all.  Behind the front counter there is no non-slip tiling
    33        on this plan, is there?
    34        A.  No, there is not.
    35
    36   Q.   Certainly, in the dining area there is not any non-slip
    37        tiling?
    38        A.  No, there is not.
    39
    40   Q.   I think we can leave the map.  So, when you from 1988
    41        onwards in your evidence said that tiles were used which
    42        were two-sided, one area had a non-slip side and one area
    43        did not, and you could use them whichever way up was the
    44        most suitable, yes?
    45        A.  No, not the most suitable -- where it was necessary to
    46        have the non-slip ---
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    48   Q.   Where it was designated?
    49        A.  -- properties, yes.
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    51   Q.   So the Company made a conscious decision not to use the 
    52        non-slip or, sorry, the slip resistant side except in the 
    53        areas which it was designated as next to hot surfaces?
    54        A.  Yes.
    55
    56   Q.   Yes.
    57        A.  But I must stress, prior to 88.  I joined the Company
    58        in 1980, and we have always had non-slip floor tiles in the
    59        designated kitchen areas.
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