Day 245 - 07 May 96 - Page 57


     
     1        use of the timber removed for the production of their paper
     2        bags" and it goes on to say:
     3
     4        "The article was also critical of non-union working
     5        conditions at McDonald's, the ill effect of junk food and
     6        the torture and murder of animals."
     7
     8        It goes on to refer to the London Greenpeace
     9        anti-McDonald's campaign and how several years ago
    10        Greenpeace London themselves have received several threats.
    11        They refuse to make any ----
    12
    13   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What is the point you are putting?
    14
    15   MS. STEEL:   There is a point, that McDonald's failed to take or
    16        launch legal proceedings against them.
    17
    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Ask a question.
    19
    20   MS. STEEL:  In the next letter that your solicitors wrote to
    21        Veggies on behalf of your company which is on the 23rd
    22        November 1987.  Despite the fact that the Peace News
    23        articles mention about the non-union conditions and the ill
    24        effects of junk food, the solicitors only ask for a
    25        retraction concerning torture and murder of animals.  Do
    26        you see that?
    27        A.  Yes.
    28
    29   Q.   You are aware of how this was all settled in the end, that,
    30        to cut matters short ----
    31
    32   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  They have mentioned rainforest again as well.
    33
    34   MS. STEEL:   Yes, I was not trying to say that it did not; I was
    35        just trying to make the additional point.  The apology that
    36        was finally printed is in the last letter of 6th May 1988
    37        from your solicitors to Veggies.  If you have a quick look
    38        through that.
    39
    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is right at the back of that section.
    41        A.  I have got a letter.  It does not appear to have a last
    42        page or a signature.  There may be something missing, sir.
    43
    44   MS. STEEL:  Does it not?
    45
    46   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is only one page.
    47
    48   MS. STEEL:  I do not know what has happened then.
    49
    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It stops with a line and a bit and a (2) in 
    51        brackets. 
    52 
    53   MS. STEEL:   If I just read it then.
    54
    55   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  How much is there on the second page?
    56
    57   MS. STEEL:   There is about 8 lines.
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Read those, please.
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