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1 somewhere about restrictions on the press being something
2 to be avoided like the plague in legal proceedings.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Do not concern yourself about that at
5 the moment. I am concerned with your position. If any
6 representative of the media asked my leave to intervene in
7 order to present an argument or an application on their
8 behalf I would consider it when it was made. Just pause
9 for a moment.
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11 MR. MORRIS: Can I say in addition -----
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, do not say anything.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. What was it you wanted to say,
16 Mr. Morris?
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18 MR. MORRIS: We do not believe any order making any restriction
19 in terms of -----
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. I need not trouble you about that.
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23 (For ruling, please see separate transcript)
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: How are you going to go about things?
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27 MR. MORRIS: First of all, did you want to know how we are going
28 to record?
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I should, perhaps, add that I will give
31 reasons for that ruling if, in due course, I adhere to my
32 previous ruling in relation to the obtaining of transcripts
33 by the Defendants. That is, if I say that they are not
34 entitled for copies of the official transcripts at the
35 Plaintiffs' expense, I will then give reasons for the leave
36 which I have just granted. If I rule in their favour on
37 the application which I expect to be made, the whole matter
38 will become academic in any event.
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40 How are you going to go about things?
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42 MR. MORRIS: The recording?
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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46 MR. MORRIS: We are just about to put a tape into this little
47 tape-recorder here. Today there will be no witnesses so,
48 hopefully, there will be no problem.
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50 We believe this application is a very important one in
51 terms of the progress of the trial.
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53 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You had better start by saying what the
54 application is.
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56 MR. MORRIS: There are a number of applications, or the effect
57 of the application is that we say that it is an absolute
58 necessity that the Defendants have a copy of the transcript
59 that the Plaintiffs have for the rest of this trial.
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