Day 181 - 01 Nov 95 - Page 64


     
     1        Mr. Jenssen.  If there is anything which you really think
     2        may be important, get it in writing, get it to
     3        Mrs. Brinley-Codd as soon as you can, and if there is a
     4        problem about it, I will look at it in the morning.
     5
     6   MR. MORRIS:  Right.
     7
     8   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  My comment about press conferences is
     9        directed at all parties in this case.  It is not just a
    10        question of how much information can we get out which
    11        either helps McDonald's or supports your view so that it is
    12        in the public arena; it is what evidence will really help
    13        me to reach a decision in this case.
    14
    15   MR. MORRIS:  I agree.  Can I just point out that I am trying to
    16        be helpful; it is Mr. Rampton who brought up this whole
    17        issue about Mr. Jenssen.
    18
    19   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It was me actually because I said I did not
    20        see how he could go into Friday.
    21
    22   MR. MORRIS:  The week after, we have the Plaintiffs' Canada
    23        witnesses.  Mr. Logan is vacated and I am trying to arrange
    24        to go and see him.  I am hoping to have the documents as
    25        soon as humanly possible so I can have time to copy them
    26        and read them before I go and see Mr. Logan.  As the
    27        Plaintiffs have indicated they are almost ready, I am
    28        hoping that is going to be by the end of this week.
    29
    30        Then the following week we have our French witnesses.
    31
    32   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Can we pause before you go on there, because
    33        you made a suggestion on last Friday morning about coming
    34        back to the argument on nutrition meaning ---
    35
    36   MR. RAMPTON:  That is what I was going to raise.
    37
    38   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  -- on either Thursday or Friday.  That
    39        appeals to me.  I would suggest the Thursday, we should be
    40        able to finish it in a day, but I would suggest the
    41        Thursday.  Is there any difficulty about that?  What I have
    42        in mind is if I hear that which Ms. Steel and you wish to
    43        say about nutrition meaning on the Thursday, query, whether
    44        it will take the whole day, but it certainly should not
    45        take more, and you have the Friday to think about Bath
    46        documentation and anything further you wish to think about
    47        your French witnesses, if you decided to call your French
    48        witnesses, rather than read their Civil Evidence Act
    49        statements
    50 
    51   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, in general we were not really in favour of 
    52        using one of those two days, but if it has to be one of 
    53        those two days, could we make it the Friday, partly because
    54         -- believe it or not -- travelling is cheaper on a train
    55        on a Thursday.
    56
    57   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, that is because you do not have the
    58        pre-weekend normal fares.
    59
    60   MR. MORRIS:  It will gave Helen time to prepare for the Friday

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