Day 277 - 10 Jul 96 - Page 55


     
     1        Is that part of the Steel make up?
     2        A.  If it had been something obnoxious or offensive or
     3        something like that, then I probably would have said
     4        something, but when I read the fact sheet it seemed to be
     5        all stuff that I had heard before, so I would not have any
     6        reason to say anything about it.
     7
     8   Q.   This impression you have been trying to give, we have all
     9        seen how you have reacted to the progress of this trial at
    10        various times and I am certainly not going to rehearse that
    11        in open court now--
    12
    13   MR. MORRIS:  If Mr. Rampton is giving evidence about that then I
    14        think he should ask specific questions about it because I
    15        could give evidence about that, about the incredible
    16        patience he has shown over the last five years.
    17
    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You are not giving evidence either.
    19        A.  Well, Mr. Rampton, as far as I am concerned sitting
    20        throughout this trial has taken a great deal of patience
    21        bearing in mind the obnoxious comments that you have made
    22        throughout it, the provocative remarks and the grunts and
    23        snorts and the rude remarks, and what have you.  I think,
    24        in fact, both of us have been extremely patient.
    25
    26   Q.   And that is why you turned the air blue, was it, when you
    27        lost your transcripts appeal in the Court of Appeal?
    28        A.  Turned the air blue?
    29
    30   Q.   'F' words and 'C' words by the string?
    31        A.  That is rubbish.
    32
    33   Q.   That is not true?
    34        A.  No, that is not true.
    35
    36   Q.   Do you remember attending a summons before the late Master
    37        Grant on 22nd May 1991 before this trial ever began?
    38        A.  I remember a summons in front of Master Grant.  I
    39        cannot say--
    40
    41   Q.   Do you remember that you were ordered to give particulars
    42        of your rain forest case within 7 days or else you would be
    43        struck out; do you remember that?
    44        A.  No.
    45
    46   Q.   You do not remember that?
    47        A.  No.  I am not saying it did not happen, I am just
    48        saying I do not remember it.
    49
    50   Q.   Do you remember saying you could not do it because you did
    51        not have any evidence?
    52        A.  No, most certainly not.  I definitely would not have
    53        said that.
    54
    55   Q.   Do you remember that the summons was attended on the
    56        Plaintiff's behalf by Mrs Brinley-Codd?
    57        A.  No, I don't remember.
    58
    59   Q.   So you don't remember after the summons was over outside
    60        court Mr. Morris shaking his fists in Mrs Brinley-Codd's

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