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1 policy. I said also that I am not sure about this
2 document, that I have seen a lot of documents.
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4 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I do not know that it is right to
5 describe this document as a policy document. It seems to
6 contain a series of statements of fact published in the
7 United States.
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9 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We can argue about that in due course, if
10 need be, but I think it is right that he said he is not
11 aware of any policy. Whether this is a policy and, if so,
12 whether he should have been aware of it, is another
13 matter. Dr. Gomez Gonzalez can only speak of his own state
14 of knowledge.
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16 MR. MORRIS: I think it might be a good time to break.
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you very much.
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20 (The witness withdrew)
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22 At some stage Dr. Gomez Gonzalez has to got to come back,
23 so I would like you, when you have had an opportunity to
24 read the documentation which was handed in this morning, to
25 make some kind of estimate, and when, no doubt, you have
26 had an opportunity to look back over what you have asked
27 him, to make your best estimate of how long you think the
28 remainder of your cross-examination will take.
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30 If there is further discovery of other documents, of
31 course, that may add to it, but I would like you to make
32 the best estimate you can and let Mrs. Brinley-Codd know.
33 Mr. Rampton can then add something to the estimate for
34 slack, as it were, and add some time for his re-examination
35 and be able to tell Dr. Gomez Gonzalez how long it is
36 anticipated he will be in this country.
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38 MR. MORRIS: Yes. There are two points on that. We think that
39 on our present -----
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Hold your fire on it because I do not know
42 whether you have had an opportunity look at the documents.
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44 MR. MORRIS: Not really, no.
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46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am not going to stop you giving your best
47 estimate now, but I think you should sit down and think
48 about it when you have seen the new documentation.
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50 MR. MORRIS: There is a substantial amount to go of his
51 evidence. On that point, if the Plaintiffs are thinking of
52 producing another schedule for tomorrow, I think it would
53 be good practice to try to complete witnesses like,
54 obviously, Dr. Gomez Gonzalez, for example, to finish him
55 as soon as possible rather than leave him hanging in the
56 air, if you like.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That may be so in principle but there are
59 other factors. It applies to your witness, for instance,
60 it applied to Ms. Dibb, just as an example I recollect,
