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1 I do not accept that at all.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Bear it in mind.
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5 MR. MORRIS: The other thing is about the first names is that
6 Mr. Rampton also was using first names.
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: To you.
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10 MR. MORRIS: No, to Mrs. Brinley-Codd.
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That is rather different. You are at arm's
13 length across this court.
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15 MR. MORRIS: I know.
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is entirely a matter up to the receiver,
18 is it not?
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20 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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22 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We have got some procedural matters to deal
23 with as best we can on Monday morning.
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25 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, my Lord.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You have Mr. Chambers at 2 o'clock?
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29 MR. RAMPTON: I have him when your Lordship would like on
30 Monday. If your Lordship says 2 o'clock so be it and he
31 will be here at 2 o'clock.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: There is obviously an urge to get on with the
34 witnesses. If there are procedural matters which ought to
35 be dealt with as soon as possible it can be
36 counter-productive to press on with the witnesses before
37 one deals with them or at least before one hears an
38 argument, so that I can give my reasons or my decisions or
39 ruling as soon as possible. Has there been any discussion
40 between you as to how long either any party feels the
41 matters must be dealt with on Monday will take?
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43 MR. RAMPTON: No, but I do not know whether your Lordship
44 regards the proposed amendments as urgent. I am not sure
45 given the run of he witnesses to cover that I really do
46 regard them as particularly urgent. I do not mean they
47 should be sent off into limbo or anything like that at
48 all. That is the thing that will take the time because, as
49 your Lordship will see from the draft I passed up this
50 morning, to very large extent I oppose the amendments,
51 particularly do I oppose all but one per cent of the first
52 section. That is plainly going to take a bit of time to
53 argue. Perhaps it would not be necessary to deal with that
54 on Monday, though I am perfectly willing to do so if your
55 Lordship should wish it. I am thinking about the
56 witnesses.
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58 Scheduling is perhaps the most important aspect to be
59 dealt, but really, my Lord, the position is this, that we
60 are in your Lordship's hands. It is a question really of
