Day 118 - 01 May 95 - Page 62
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2 Q. Is your position, as a company, that if you find
3 illegalities being committed, they should be reported to
4 the appropriate authorities?
5 A. Absolutely, yes.
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7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What do you mean by that, because it
8 surprises me; it is contrary to just about every principle
9 of the English common law I have ever been aware of.
10 A. I am sorry.
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12 Q. You certainly do not report to the authorities that you
13 have done something illegal?
14 A. Oh, I see -- no.
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16 Q. You may report to ---
17 A. To us.
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19 Q. -- higher up the chain ---
20 A. That is right.
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22 Q. -- to try to make sure it does not happen again.
23 A. Yes, that is what I meant.
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is that what you meant, Mr. Morris?
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27 MR. MORRIS: I actually meant the first thing.
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am surprised.
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31 MR. MORRIS: But Mr. Nicholson seems to think that was something
32 they would do ----
33 A. No, I would expect that any illegality is brought to
34 our attention and if it was it would be put right, but I do
35 not know what the author of this means by "any
36 illegalities".
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38 MR. MORRIS: If we turn to page 1806 -----
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I know you are still on the same subject, but
41 let us have the five-minute break now.
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43 (Short Adjournment)
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45 MR. MORRIS: 1806, the third item down, is Mr. Williams got a
46 verbal warning, 7th November 1988, for infringement of
47 illegalities. Can I ask you, do you know what percentage
48 of managers, or approximately what percentage of managers,
49 or how many managers, a year would go through disciplinary
50 hearings?
51 A. No, I do not.
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53 Q. Is that monitored?
54 A. It may well be monitored within the Operational region.
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56 Q. What about the existence of illegalities ---
57 A. I do not know what that means.
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59 Q. -- in stores, are they monitored? Do you compile
60 statistics on that?
