Day 117 - 27 Apr 95 - Page 40
1 MS. STEEL: I may not agree with it; that is the only thing.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If you disagree with what he says you stand
4 up and say so. If you come back on Monday and say, "I want
5 to modify it", of course I will hear what you say, but do
6 your best now. What about Mr. Nicholson.
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8 MR. MORRIS: I have a list somewhere.
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10 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Take each witness at a time and ask Ms. Steel
11 before you give me a combined estimate. Mr. Nicholson
12 first.
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14 MR. MORRIS: These are very rough guides.
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do your best.
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18 MR. MORRIS: Mr. Nicholson something between four and six days;
19 Jill Barnes two to four days; Chris Purslow two to three
20 days. Lyn Mead I have a question mark; I have not
21 calculated that one.
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just give the broadest estimate now.
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25 MR. MORRIS: I have not looked at her statement for six months
26 or something, I cannot even remember.
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think your cross-examination of her may not
29 be so very long, because a number of the things she deals
30 with the ground will have been covered with Mr. Nicholson.
31 I am going to put for the moment "query two days equals my
32 suggestion". What about Mr. Stein?
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34 MR. MORRIS: I have got down here four to eight days. Helen
35 thinks it will be nearer to eight than four.
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can we go back to Mr. Beavers then?
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39 MR. MORRIS: I have not calculated that because I have not made
40 any preparations for Mr. Beavers.
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: How much longer do you think you had to ask
43 questions of him from when he left in the summer?
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45 MR. MORRIS: Well, from what I recall we hardly asked him
46 anything. It was less than a day. We will try to complete
47 him within the week that he is down for. He is only down
48 for four days, but it is very difficult to say because
49 cross-examination depends on the witnesses really and their
50 answers. Mr. Rampton does not usually bother to
51 cross-examine our witnesses on their evidence; that is why
52 his ones can be calculated -- probably because the evidence
53 is so strong he does not want to challenge it.
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55 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You are going to try to finish Mr. Beavers in
56 this week anyway; that is the best you can say at the
57 moment, is it?
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59 MR. MORRIS: Yes. He is only down for four days. It would have
60 been prudent to put him down for a week.
