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1 speak?
2 A. No, I was not.
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4 MR. MORRIS: Any case, Mr. McDonald's have made an admission of
5 responsibility for that incident and they recognise that
6 the Public Health Laboratory Service produced an official
7 report. That is in the admission made by McDonald's.
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9 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just stop a moment. Just let the temperature
10 sink back to a normal, sensible level. Carry on and ask
11 your question.
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13 MR. MORRIS: OK. If we can go to document No. 23. It is page
14 13 I would like you to look at. Can you see page 13?
15 A. Yes.
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just pause. 23, did you say?
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19 MR. MORRIS: Page 13, it is document 23. There is, in fact, a
20 Civil Evidence Act Notice on this document as from the last
21 week.
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is this the actual report?
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25 MR. MORRIS: This is the actual report of the Public Health
26 Laboratory Service.
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I want to find it in the bundle, if it is in
29 the bundle.
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31 MS. STEEL: It is second Supplementary List and then document
32 No. 23.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you know which bundle number it is,
35 Mr. Rampton?
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37 MR. RAMPTON: No, my Lord, sorry, I do not.
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39 MR. MORRIS: It is the Defendants' second Supplementary list.
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41 MR. RAMPTON: It is not in any of the trial bundles because it
42 is an irrelevant document, the incident having been
43 admitted.
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45 MS. STEEL: It should be in the trial bundles if the Plaintiffs
46 had not taken it out.
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48 MR. RAMPTON: It was taken out, my Lord, because it was
49 irrelevant. I submitted to your Lordship the other day
50 what the effect of admissions were. The Defendants do not
51 appear to have -----
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53 MR. JUSTICE BELL: All I need is a copy of the document and
54 I had it out. If someone has a spare copy? Thank you.
55 Ask your question first and if the answer you get is not
56 one you like, and you think it will help for the witness to
57 read part of the statement, then put it to him but ask your
58 question of fact first.
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60 MR. MORRIS: Have you identified problems in the past,
