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1 because entitlement is not necessarily followed by actually
2 doing because then I will hear what the defendants have to
3 say because if I agree with you rather than wait for you to
4 re-examination, I want to give them the opportunity to
5 canvas it in cross-examination before they complete their
6 cross-examination. Otherwise, I will be asked by Ms. Steel
7 and Mr. Morris whether in the light of that
8 cross-examination we would like to ask this and with a new
9 witness coming in at this stage, I am not inclined to stop
10 them. So I would like to know just what it is which you
11 consider the cross-examination has entitled you to ask.
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13 MR. RAMPTON: I have given your Lordship one example.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I would like you to give me the rest in the
16 morning.
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18 MR. RAMPTON: There will be others I am sure.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Then I will decide it and Ms. Steel and
21 Mr. Morris can decide what further they want to ask about
22 before they complete their cross-examination. What I want
23 to avoid, if possible, is you asking matters in
24 re-examination Ms. Steel and Mr. Morris saying: "We do not
25 think that is raised." I ruling, "Perhaps, yes well I think
26 you have let it in. So you come back to cross-examination
27 after your re-examination, and in you re-examine again. I
28 would like the cross-examination to be completed before you
29 re-examine and then you re-examine your own witness. There
30 we are. It is a question of first of all, entitlement and
31 secondly, what you wish to do.
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