Day 181 - 01 Nov 95 - Page 66


     
     1        witnesses' movements, I would call all the crew members
     2        from Colchester and then call Mr. Coton who held a
     3        managerial position last.
     4
     5   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes.
     6
     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I appreciate that may not be possible.
     8
     9   MR. MORRIS:  It is not really.
    10
    11   MR. RAMPTON:  Then, my Lord, I will have something to say about
    12        him being called on the 17th simply because at the moment
    13        I do not believe he should be called at all until we have
    14        had an opportunity of looking at the matter, in particular,
    15        going through his two statements with the sort of care
    16        which one would if they were pleadings and, if necessary,
    17        inviting an order from your Lordship that he should answer
    18        what will, in fact, be a request for further and better
    19        particulars.  I do not believe he should be called at all.
    20
    21   MR. MORRIS:  With respect to Mr. Rampton, that is absolute
    22        rubbish because he only deals with exactly the same matters
    23        that have been dealt with by the other witnesses by
    24        Colchester.
    25
    26   MR. RAMPTON:  No, my Lord, he was Manager for nearly three
    27        years.
    28
    29   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, of course.
    30
    31   MR. RAMPTON:  Therefore, he must give chapter and verse.  I do
    32        wish that Mr. Morris would not speak continually at the
    33        same time as I do; it really is very distracting and really
    34        quite trying.
    35
    36   MS. STEEL:  Perhaps if you practice what you preach.
    37
    38   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I am not going to sit here and just listen to
    39        squabbles one way or the other.
    40
    41   MR. RAMPTON:  But, my Lord, that is my problem with Mr. Coton at
    42        the moment.  To schedule him on Friday, 17th, frankly, at
    43        the moment is unrealistic.
    44
    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  How long are you expecting Mr. Alimi to
    46        take?
    47
    48   MR. MORRIS:  I have scheduled two days, but the problem was he
    49        could not do the 16th and 17th.  I scheduled him for the
    50        16th and 29th but the Plaintiffs now said that the 
    51        cross-examination of Sarah Ingliss may go on for three and 
    52        a half days total. 
    53
    54   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What is the difficulty with Mr. Alimi on the
    55        17th, because one has to accept that although we are trying
    56        to help witnesses in this case, they do suffer a certain
    57        amount of inconvenience -- everyone involved in litigation
    58        does.  Do you know what his problem is on 17th?
    59
    60   MR. MORRIS:  I do not know what the problem is.  I can ask him

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