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1 allow, perhaps, half a day sometime in the not too distant
2 future so that both sides can make sure that I know I have
3 got right just which Civil Evidence Act statements they are
4 relying upon. That will give an opportunity to register an
5 objection which can either be argued then or we can make
6 time for. I distinctly remember saying something similar
7 to this sometime ago, but with all the other distractions
8 of the case I think we have just completely forgotten about
9 it as we have come to the end of evidence on a particular
10 topic.
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12 MR. RAMPTON: We, for our part, would be grateful to have a
13 similar indication from the Defendants as we have given to
14 them. It is not so easy for them because, although they
15 have a section of their witness statement bundle which is
16 marked Civil Evidence Act statements, that part is easy
17 enough; what they have done repeatedly throughout the case
18 -- I am sure they have kept a note of it, I have not -- is
19 to say: "Oh, we want a Civil Evidence Act Notice on this,
20 that or the other pre-existing or independent document,
21 statement, by people", and long before the case comes to an
22 end we do need to be notified which of those they are
23 persisting in saying they want to rely on so that I can
24 know whether I need to take objection to it.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Look, when we get back to it, the section of
27 the case we are on at the moment is employment. What
28 I would like is someone to make a note to remind me in case
29 I forget that when we get to the end of the employment
30 section of the case, that is, subject to someone who has to
31 be left over for some stage in the future, but when we
32 have, essentially, got to the end of it and we are about to
33 move on to something else, we should go through the
34 exercise which I have just described with regard to
35 employment. It seems to me that would be a good cue to go
36 through it also in relation to the topics which we have
37 essentially covered already.
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39 MR. RAMPTON: I quite agree, with respect.
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If that seems a good idea, we should do that.
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43 I will take the five-minute break now and you can organise
44 your thoughts as to what to go on to next.
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46 (Short adjournment)
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48 MR. MORRIS: I will just deal with some disclosure matters and
49 discovery. Some things I will not bring up because,
50 apparently, we will get some documents tomorrow in any
51 event. In fact, I might as well say to the court we have
52 some documents disclosed ourselves on issues, general
53 issues, in the case this week, hopefully. Looking at some
54 specific -----
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: In order usefully to use the time, what
57 I would like you to do is address me, if you wish to, on
58 matters where you say you are entitled to something which
59 the indications are you are not going to get. I mean, the
60 ones I have put down, some of which may have completely
