Day 255 - 23 May 96 - Page 52


     
     1        productive cross-examination of Mr. Nicholson this
     2        afternoon.
     3
     4   MR. MORRIS:  Right.  Can I ask one last question on the Scope
     5        meetings:  The solicitors that attended the meetings, as we
     6        have seen, were they there to ensure that you were in
     7        possession of ----
     8
     9   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You cannot ask that, I am afraid.  That is
    10        right across the privilege immunity.
    11
    12   MR. MORRIS:  They heard what was going on.
    13
    14   MS. STEEL:   This is not on the Scope thing but there is just
    15        one thing I would like to ask or clear up while I have
    16        time.
    17
    18        There is a document that was served the other day which is
    19        about an attendance note.
    20
    21   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I put that, by the way, at the back of the
    22        section of yellow 2 which has Mr. Nicholson's -- it is one
    23        sheet of paper.  Perhaps someone can give a copy to Mr.
    24        Nicholson.  I put it at the very back of the divider 1 in
    25        yellow 2, in other words, behind the second supplementary
    26        statement and behind the Terry to Eddie note.
    27
    28   MS. STEEL:   Right, yes.  Have you got a copy,?
    29        A.  No.
    30
    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just borrow mine for the moment.  I can
    32        remember what it has on it. (Handed).
    33        A.  Thank you, my Lord.
    34
    35   MS. STEEL:   It says, "London Greenpeace:  On 29th September and
    36        4th October S.N and I.V.P.J met with (1) Mr. Hartley of
    37        Kings Investigation Bureau Limited and (2) Mr. Spears of
    38        Robert Bishop respectively.  Both were instructed to
    39        infiltrate London Greenpeace to obtain as much information
    40        as possible about the organisers of the group and, in
    41        particular, the people responsible for writing,
    42        distributing, publishing and printing defamatory
    43        information about McDonald's.  Neither are aware of the
    44        other's existence and both have been informed of the strict
    45        requirement of secrecy."
    46
    47        Just before I ask you about that, S.N is you and I.V.P.J
    48        would be Mr. Jenkins from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert?
    49        A.  Yes.
    50 
    51   Q.   Is this basically an accurate record -- well, is this an 
    52        accurate record of the instructions, except obviously you 
    53        must have gone into a bit more detail?
    54        A.  It is highly shortened.
    55
    56   Q.   But this is completely accurate?
    57        A.  Well, I asked them to obviously find out your funding
    58        and whether there was any association with other groups, so
    59        it is not full.  But everything that is in there were
    60        things I asked them to do.

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