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2 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do not know what the position is with
3 Mr. Fernando Gomez Gonzales.
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5 MR. RAMPTON: He is arriving this coming Sunday, 11th, on the
6 shores.
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is not convenient to witnesses living in
9 the United Kingdom to have them shuffled around, but I can
10 see it causes much less disruption that someone who is
11 coming across the Atlantic expecting to give his evidence
12 and go back again.
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14 MR. MORRIS: But he is a McDonald's person.
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It does not matter, he is also a person; that
17 is what matters.
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19 MR. MORRIS: Yes, I know but he does not have to come that
20 week. He could come whenever it is suitable for both him
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am going to leave it there. We will come
24 back to that. Mr. Rampton will tell me in due course
25 whether, in fact, Mr. Fernando Gomez Gonzales must for
26 reasons of practical convenience, apart from what has
27 actually been arranged, be called that week. Mr. Oakley is
28 looking through his diary. I would be grateful if you
29 would approach Ms. Dibb as well. If she must come on
30 Friday, she must come on Friday. But, for all I know, when
31 you ring her up it really will not matter too much to her
32 whether it is Friday or one of a selection of four or five
33 other days before the end of term, so I would like you to
34 find that out.
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36 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, while Mr. Oakley is here, he tells me he
37 could clear Thursday, if that would help?
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If he would be kind enough to keep it clear
40 and we will see how we go on with Mr. Van Erp.
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42 MR. RAMPTON: One other thing, while the Scottish academics are
43 still where they are in the trial, can I mention this to
44 your Lordship: Yet again, they are getting quite close
45 and, quite evidently, I need to show what Mr. North may
46 have to say to them before we call their evidence.
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48 MR. MORRIS: There is a matter of the Plaintiffs were preparing
49 discovery as well of documents. I do not know when that is
50 likely to happen.
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What is the position with Mr. North?
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54 MR. MORRIS: Yes. The position is we have not managed to speak
55 to him in the last few weeks, in fact, since he made his
56 visit. I know he did make his visit.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What is the difficulty? Is that just time on
59 your part or some difficulty getting in touch with him?
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