Day 149 - 06 Jul 95 - Page 23


     
     1        does is say what Gary Davies did, it would be a pretty
     2        short report if that is all it contained.  But what has
     3        been raised is the possibility that it will say -- this is
     4        just total speculation -- "He was cross because he had to
     5        work 90 hours in a week; we checked this and, in fact, he
     6        only worked 38", or something like that.
     7
     8   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, we will look at that, that I undertake.
     9        I will not say what I think the result of the enquiry will
    10        be.  If any part of that report still exists or is relevant
    11        to the hours that he worked, of course we will disclose.
    12
    13        Number 6 was the Operations Training Manual, the missing
    14        bits.  I promised we will review that, and we will.  Again,
    15        the same goes for Personnel Manual, a document which I am
    16        pretty certain I have never seen; but, certainly, we will
    17        look at that, too.
    18
    19        The maternity memorandum -----
    20
    21   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just pause a moment.  One matter I had in
    22        mind in relation to Gary Davies is: suppose the answer is
    23        either the report can no longer be found, it is no longer
    24        in existence, or it does not have anything which relates to
    25        the hours he worked; what form should your answer take in
    26        relation to that?
    27
    28   MR. RAMPTON:  I hope your Lordship would accept it from me or by
    29        a letter from Barlow Lyde and Gilbert.  I really do think
    30        that by now your Lordship ought to feel (and I hope does)
    31        that where we have relevant material, or it is brought to
    32        our attention that we have, we do disclose it.
    33
    34   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  I am not challenging you on it.  I am
    35        just asking for your suggestion as to the form.
    36
    37   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I would suggest that -- she is not going
    38        to thank for me for it -- in due course, at the end of
    39        these discovery hearings, if there are any outstanding
    40        matters, Mrs. Brinley-Codd will simply write her usual
    41        letter, saying:  "Here is what we have found that is
    42        relevant.  Some things we have looked at which were not
    43        relevant, and some things no longer exist."
    44
    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The other matter I wanted to ask about is
    46        what sort of timing, because it seems to me it is advisable
    47        that a time limit be put on it or an indication of when
    48        I would expect an answer.
    49
    50   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, can we review that at the end of all 
    51        this, if your Lordship would not mind?  Obviously, the size 
    52        of task governs to a large extent the time within which we 
    53        can do it.  We really need to see what it is, at the end of
    54        your Lordship's judgment, is the amount of work we have to
    55        do.  I am not asking for rules of time or anything like
    56        that, but we are all quite busy.  If we have an awful lot
    57        to do, then I will need a bit more time than otherwise.
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Did you mean the end of August?
    60

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