Day 103 - 14 Mar 95 - Page 70
1 If you approach tomorrow from the point of view that
2 between you you have an hour and three quarters, having
3 already had four days, to complete your cross-examination,
4 first of all, I do not think that is unfair and, secondly,
5 I think you might actually find it helpful.
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7 So go away confident you are not going to have to ask
8 Mr. Bennett anything tomorrow, and concentrate on getting
9 yourself in order so you do not have to do any recapping
10 and you can use that time for constructive
11 cross-examination aimed at the targets you have got your
12 eye on.
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14 MR. MORRIS: As we go over the schedule in general, we asked the
15 Plaintiffs yesterday or the Plaintiffs's solicitors
16 yesterday that any draft schedule being thought about
17 should be submitted to us before they are put to yourself
18 so that we can try to work out some schedule that is
19 realistic by agreement. I can see that the Plaintiffs have
20 got some draft schedule they are going to produce in a
21 minute.
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23 MR. RAMPTON: Would you like to look at what is in my hand?
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Leave it for now. What we have until Easter
26 or just before your witnesses on these two topics, if we do
27 not finish Mr. Bennett by the close of play on Friday the
28 question of recalling him at some stage if Mr. Bennett
29 cannot come on Monday or you tell me you would like Monday
30 for preparation anyway before you call the first of your
31 witnesses, you must concentrate on asking Mr. Bennett on
32 Thursday and Friday the matters you want to raise with him
33 before you embark on your own witnesses, do you
34 understand?
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36 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: So if need be he can be called back at any
39 stage in the future. What I would like with regard to
40 general scheduling is for Mr. Rampton or Mr. Atkinson or
41 Mrs. Brinley-Codd to give you a copy of any schedule and
42 then allow something like two or three days anyway for you
43 to give them your observations before and do pay due heed
44 to your observations before I am asked to try to help sort
45 out any differences which may have arisen between you.
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47 You have plenty of time at the moment because the next
48 topic starts after Easter. To some extent I anticipate, it
49 depends upon any response you have got to the forms which
50 have been sent out.
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52 MR. MORRIS: They have not been send out yet. I am drafting up
53 a cover note to go with them. That is under way.
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55 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Get them off just as soon as you can.
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57 MR. MORRIS: I think part of what I wanted to say was, there is
58 a certain amount of pressure we feel under. I know that
59 everybody feels under pressure to keep things going as
60 quickly as possible, but, for example, Easter I think you
