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1 blanked out, including on one page, which is page 3 of
2 that, there is just a heading of "Safety at McDonald's
3 August 1990 to September 1993; three years of progress",
4 and the whole page is blank.
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Which sheet are you on now?
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8 MS. STEEL: It is page 3 of the Health and Safety Update at
9 tab 47M. There are large parts blanked out throughout the
10 whole of both those documents. We are applying for the
11 entire document to be disclosed as it must be relevant. It
12 relates to health and safety.
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14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: With photocopies it is not always obvious
15 where matters have been blanked out. I can see, for
16 instance, on page 1 of the minutes, it looks as if there
17 has been a part blanked out. I can see on page 3 of the
18 update it looks as if there is something that has been
19 blanked out. But are there other parts which would not be
20 obvious to me? You see, if I go on, for instance -----
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22 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I can help this exercise. Some parts
23 have certainly been blanked out, for a very good reason
24 which I will explain in a minute.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Your point is that since the documents
27 themselves appear to be about health and safety, there is
28 reason to believe that the blanked out parts are about
29 health and safety, and you say, if so, they are relevant?
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31 MS. STEEL: Yes.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That is your point?
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35 MS. STEEL: Yes.
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is there any additional point?
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39 MS. STEEL: In respect of bits being blanked out?
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes -- no, in respect of your claim for
42 discovery of the complete documents rather than blanked out
43 additions of them.
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45 MS. STEEL: That is really the general point. Also, there is
46 reference in the first minutes that we have of
47 12th August 1991 to a meeting in May where objectives were
48 set for the Health and Safety Task Force. There are no
49 minutes for the May meeting, so we would like those to be
50 disclosed.
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Where is that reference?
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54 MS. STEEL: Sorry. They are actually referred to in the
55 minutes of the meeting on 15th October 1991, on page 4 of
56 that document, Review of the Progress of Task Force.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: There is a memo of 15th October 1991.
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60 MS. STEEL: It is about the tenth page in.
