Day 260 - 11 Jun 96 - Page 46
1 A. No, I do not think there was ever a period that long
2 when I did not attend. Certainly, there were periods where
3 I did not attend for a two-week period; in other words,
4 I missed a meeting out.
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6 MR. MORRIS: Just on that general subject, that rule of thumb,
7 I did not check the figures but we calculated something
8 like, we have got 12 actual events, 11 meetings in the
9 George Roby, or whatever ---
10 A. Yes.
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12 Q. -- details of so far?
13 A. Yes.
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15 Q. And you said you attended virtually every week, but maybe
16 you missed out two or three times, or something like that?
17 A. Something of that nature.
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19 Q. I calculated, from the length of time, that you might have
20 actual attended about 20 events, meetings mostly?
21 A. It is possible. I cannot say after this length of
22 time.
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24 Q. That does not sound to be an unrealistic figure?
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26 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I know the answer to this question.
27 There is no point in Mr. Morris getting the witness to
28 speculate.
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30 MS. STEEL: Well, can you tell us then, please?
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32 MR. RAMPTON: No, I will not tell you.
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34 MS. STEEL: Then there is a point in getting the witness to
35 speculate.
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It depends, you see. What I do not know is
38 at the moment -----
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40 MR. MORRIS: Maybe we will leave this until -----
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I can look at my list and I can look at the
43 different dates I have got. I came to 11, so it looks as
44 if I missed one out.
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46 MR. RAMPTON: Yes. There are 12 that your Lordship and the
47 Defendants know about. There is an unspecified number
48 which neither your Lordship nor the Defendants know about
49 which, presently, I am not disposed to say anything about.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Then they are entitled to ask, are they not,
52 about how many he went to?
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54 MR. RAMPTON: Yes. But all I am saying is that, if it should
55 come to an argument -- which it may do on Thursday -- about
56 whether or not the notes of these meetings are to be
57 disclosed or not, that is to say, the ones they have not
58 already got, then I would probably have to tell
59 your Lordship then how many meetings, as I know, Mr. Bishop
60 actually attended.
