Day 145 - 29 Jun 95 - Page 51


     
     1        Mr. Morris asking you really quite a lot of questions over
     2        the last seven days or so based on some documents produced
     3        by an organisation called, I think it is, the International
     4        Union of Food Workers, the IUF?
     5        A.  Yes, I do I recall seeing a lot of documents with the
     6        name on it.
     7
     8   Q.   You did see those, yes.  Do you recall that Mr. Morris at
     9        one stage said the Defendants had a witness from the IUF,
    10        I think his name is Gallein.  Do you remember that?
    11        A.  Yes, I do.
    12
    13   Q.   Do you know Mr. Gallein?
    14        A.  Yes, I do.
    15
    16   Q.   How do we pronounce his name?
    17        A.  I have always pronounced it Gallein, but I have heard
    18        in here "Gallon".
    19
    20   Q.   What nationality is he?
    21        A.  He is Scandinavian, I believe.  Which country I am not
    22        sure of.
    23
    24   Q.   In what sort of context have you come across this
    25        Mr. Gallein?
    26        A.  It was during the Tyson matter.
    27
    28   Q.   Have you had any wider contact with or experience of the
    29        kind of material which Mr. Gallein and his IUF put out?
    30        A.  No.  I received a couple of letters in the mid-80s from
    31        Mr. Gallein, but not the kind of materials that were being
    32        shown to me.
    33
    34   Q.   Again as his Lordship has very often said to you and
    35        I repeat it, if you cannot answer this question from your
    36        own direct knowledge and experience please say so.  Can you
    37        from your own knowledge and experience tell us here in this
    38        court whether we would be sensible to rely on what Mr.
    39        Gallein ----
    40
    41   MR. MORRIS:  We object very strongly to this question.  It has
    42        obviously been pre-prepared.  This could not possibly have
    43        come up beforehand.
    44
    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not accept that, Mr. Morris.  I think
    46        rather than asking a general opinion, if you have some
    47        specific fact, Mr. Rampton, you think you may usefully
    48        elicit, but I do not see any value in just a general
    49        comment of Mr. Stein on whether I can rely on it.  I cannot
    50        rely on it anyway unless it is admissible in evidence. 
    51 
    52   MR. RAMPTON:  He is the subject of a Civil Evidence Act notice 
    53        as the matter stands.
    54
    55   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is a very short one.
    56
    57   MR. RAMPTON:  I know it is short and, what shall I say, somewhat
    58        dealt with.  I was going to follow it up with a different
    59        question.  If the answer should have been "Yes" and
    60        Mr. Morris is completely wrong, I do not know what

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