Day 136 - 16 Jun 95 - Page 24
1 What I have, in effect, said in relation to 4.2 A is that
2 you should not assume that I will conclude from the
3 declaration that "floor managers and dining area hosts
4 still have the highest incidence of slips and falls" that
5 that calls for non-slip tiling in the dining area.
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7 MR. MORRIS: I was only referring to the dining area host.
8 I think floor managers would be everywhere but the dining
9 areas hosts would be in the dining area.
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Right. But only put to Mr. Newton Brown
12 matters which come within his encompass, which is an
13 important one, which is a highly trained, and one of
14 considerable expertise, but essentially direct it at
15 industrial design. (To the witness): As I understand it,
16 in all sorts of applied design, the designer is given a
17 brief?
18 A. That is correct, sir.
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20 Q. No doubt, you are given a brief ---
21 A. Yes.
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23 Q. -- when you are asked to design something?
24 A. Yes.
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26 Q. The brief will include objectives so far as both function
27 and cost are concerned?
28 A. That is correct, sir.
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30 MR. MORRIS: I do not believe we have any more questions. No
31 more questions.
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33 MR. RAMPTON: I have no re-examination, my Lord.
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you, Mr. Newton Brown. You are
36 released.
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38 (The witness withdrew)
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40 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I do not want to take more time than
41 I have to. I would appreciate very much just now, because
42 we have some scheduling to do for when Mr. Stein has
43 finished, some guidance from your Lordship about, for
44 example, when you would think it right to do the
45 interlocutories or some of them and, if so, which sorts of
46 things?
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I would like to do is deal with the
49 interlocutories when we have finished Mr. Stein and before
50 we go on to any further witnesses. But if it was said:
51 "Such and such a witness could be conveniently put in
52 there but not at any other time", I would obviously
53 consider it. But, subject to any particularly pressing
54 call like that, I would like to go on to the argument in
55 relation to the interlocutory matters when we have finished
56 Mr. Stein.
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58 I would like to see how we go with Mr. Stein next week and
59 perhaps on Thursday I will ask, assuming you are going to
60 take about two days in-chief, which is what you said ---
