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     1        I do not accept that at all.
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     3   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Bear it in mind.
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     5   MR. MORRIS:  The other thing is about the first names is that
     6        Mr. Rampton also was using first names.
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     8   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  To you.
     9
    10   MR. MORRIS:  No, to Mrs. Brinley-Codd.
    11
    12   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  That is rather different.  You are at arm's
    13        length across this court.
    14
    15   MR. MORRIS:  I know.
    16
    17   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is entirely a matter up to the receiver,
    18        is it not?
    19
    20   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.
    21
    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We have got some procedural matters to deal
    23        with as best we can on Monday morning.
    24
    25   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, my Lord.
    26
    27   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You have Mr. Chambers at 2 o'clock?
    28
    29   MR. RAMPTON:  I have him when your Lordship would like on
    30        Monday.  If your Lordship says 2 o'clock so be it and he
    31        will be here at 2 o'clock.
    32
    33   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  There is obviously an urge to get on with the
    34        witnesses.  If there are procedural matters which ought to
    35        be dealt with as soon as possible it can be
    36        counter-productive to press on with the witnesses before
    37        one deals with them or at least before one hears an
    38        argument, so that I can give my reasons or my decisions or
    39        ruling as soon as possible.  Has there been any discussion
    40        between you as to how long either any party feels the
    41        matters must be dealt with on Monday will take?
    42
    43   MR. RAMPTON:  No, but I do not know whether your Lordship
    44        regards the proposed amendments as urgent.  I am not sure
    45        given the run of he witnesses to cover that I really do
    46        regard them as particularly urgent.  I do not mean they
    47        should be sent off into limbo or anything like that at
    48        all.  That is the thing that will take the time because, as
    49        your Lordship will see from the draft I passed up this
    50        morning, to very large extent I oppose the amendments, 
    51        particularly do I oppose all but one per cent of the first 
    52        section.  That is plainly going to take a bit of time to 
    53        argue.  Perhaps it would not be necessary to deal with that
    54        on Monday, though I am perfectly willing to do so if your
    55        Lordship should wish it.  I am thinking about the
    56        witnesses.
    57
    58        Scheduling is perhaps the most important aspect to be
    59        dealt, but really, my Lord, the position is this, that we
    60        are in your Lordship's hands. It is a question really of

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