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1 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You would rather start in the morning.
2 MR. MORRIS: It would be a bit daft to start now.
3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, rather than just deciding it without
consulting you I was confirming that that would be your
4 preference.
5 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, we have discussed it and we have
informed the defendants and they have agreed, so far as
6 I know, that it is sensible, what we plan for the next few
days -- I am not talking about the weekend -- tomorrow we
7 finish Mr. Langert and if there is any time left in the
day we propose -- Mr. Mallinson cannot come tomorrow -- so
8 we propose either, according to the time of day, to invite
your Lordship to rise early, or else to perhaps reinsert
9 Mr. Preston for a short time, though he is becoming very
fragmented.
10
MR. JUSTICE BELL: My own feeling is that unless there is a
11 significant part of the day left, it seems to me that that
is unlikely, then we will break off a bit early. But we
12 will just have to see how we go.
13 MR. RAMPTON: Mr. Mallinson will come on Monday. Professor
Duxbury on Tuesday. We will fill in, if we have to, on
14 Monday -- if Professor Duxbury does not go a day, which he
should not do, then we will start Mr. Oakley .
15
MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will see how we get on with
16 cross-examination with Mr. Langert; you need not trouble
yourself about having to resume cross-examination of
17 Mr. Preston should you finish Mr. Langert before the
normal closing time.
18
MR. MORRIS: Regarding Mr. Mallinson, I believe he was in court
19 today, and our witness Mr. Hopkins, who came down because
he expected to be on this week, or at least to see
20 Mr. Mallinson; the worst possible scenario is that
Mr. Mallinson is heard next week, because not only is
21 Mr. Hopkins not able to be on, he is not able to hear
Mr. Mallinson either. He is not able to be here to
22 suggest questions to us to ask Mr. Mallinson.
23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can we see what the alternatives are?
Mr. Mallinson and Mr. Hopkins are both forest.
24
MR. RAMPTON: Yes.
25
MR. JUSTICE BELL: That is their only concern in this case.
26
MR. RAMPTON: Your Lordship should also remember that
27 Mr. Bateman, who is the paper manufacturing expert, is
also not able to come at this time of the year and will
28 have to be deferred. He will have to come in later, after
the restart in September.
29
MR. JUSTICE BELL: Suppose we were able to complete Mr. Langert
30 tomorrow, who could we then go on with instead of
Mr. Mallinson on Monday?
