Day 130 - 26 May 95 - Page 27


     
     1   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, if Mr. Morris is intending to suggest
     2        that its original non-disclosure was a deliberate
     3        suppression, he might like to ask himself why it was
     4        disclosed at all; he did not even know about it.
     5
     6   MR. MORRIS:  It was disclosed because would have found out it
     7        existed after we started cross-examining, and then there
     8        would have been even more of a row about it.
     9
    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Whose cross-examination did you have you in
    11        mind?
    12
    13   MR. MORRIS:  Mrs. Barnes.
    14
    15   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It was disclosed before Mrs. Barnes started
    16        to give evidence.
    17
    18   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, two days before or something.
    19
    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It was not discovered on cross-examination.
    21
    22   MR. MORRIS:  No.  What I am saying is it would have been
    23        discovered, because we would have asked Mrs. Barnes if she
    24        did a report.
    25
    26   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We cannot bother too much about that.  You
    27        have got it.  If you want to make use of it, that should be
    28        enough.
    29
    30   MR. MORRIS:  What disciplinary action was taken against the
    31        store management at the Arndale store as a result of that
    32        accident?
    33
    34   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Was any disciplinary action taken?
    35        A.  I do not think there was, no.
    36
    37   MR. MORRIS:  You had a report from the Inquest, did you?
    38        A.  I really cannot remember.  I cannot remember having
    39        seen -----
    40
    41   Q.   Nobody told you what happened at the Inquest?
    42        A.  Told me, yes, but I cannot remember ever seeing
    43        anything in writing.
    44
    45   Q.   Who went from the Company to the Inquest?
    46        A.  Peter Richards, who was then Regional Manager Vice
    47        President, Frank Frost, the Facilities Engineer, and
    48        I believe Margaret Balmer from, then, Personnel.
    49
    50   Q.   And Paul Preston? 
    51        A.  No.  Paul would not have gone because Peter was the 
    52        board member locally, who was involved in it. 
    53
    54   Q.   You said that you did not have a chance to talk to
    55        Mr. Chapman, but are you aware that a statement by
    56        Mr. Chapman, or an interview with him, was read out at the
    57        Inquest by Mr. Shirkie?
    58        A.  I was not at the Inquuiry, so I was not aware of it.
    59
    60   Q.   You were not told that?

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