Day 187 - 13 Nov 95 - Page 15
1 little explanation where you think it is unclear; and then,
2 quite frankly, I would leave your witness there and see
3 what happens next.
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5 MR. MORRIS: All right. Can I ask the witness: who owns the
6 stores in Lyon?
7 A. At this present time, it is Gerard Touloux.
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9 Q. Who used to own all the stores in Lyon?
10 A. His name is Michel Antolinos, who is now the director
11 of McDonald's France.
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Pause there a minute. How did you spell
14 Gerard's surname?
15 A. T-O-U-L-O-U-X.
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: (To the interpreter): Mr. Morris may be going
18 to ask, but just in case he does not: at the beginning of
19 Mr. Lamti's statement, he refers to -- it does not appear
20 in the translation, but could you translate for me, please,
21 the first line of the French statement before the number
22 68; and then I would like to know what La Societe Vilpaix
23 is. Can you translate it into English, first of all?
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25 THE INTERPRETER: Yes, certainly. It says: "I was taken on by
26 the Company Vilpaix, 68...."
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. That is enough. Thank you.
29 (To the witness): What was Company Vilpaix?
30 A. The Vilpaix Company is a restaurant, Restaurant
31 Bellecour, in Lyon where I work.
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33 Q. What was the relationship of Mr. Antolinos to Societe
34 Vilpaix?
35 A. Mr. Antolinos is the managing director of the Company
36 Vilpaix.
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38 Q. When he said that Mr. Antolinos used to own the restaurants
39 in Lyon, did he mean the company which Mr. Antolinos was
40 managing director of? (Pause) I am sorry to pursue it, but
41 does he mean Mr. Antolinos was, or Mr. Antolinos' company,
42 the company of which he was managing director?
43 A. Mr. Antolinos owns these companies, and it is him who
44 is responsible for these restaurants.
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46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Well, I am going to assume from that that it
47 is actually the company which legally owns them, but
48 Mr. Antolinos is running the companies and, therefore, he
49 was running the restaurants.
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51 MR. MORRIS: If you want me to ask -- if I can just explain what
52 I understand the situation to be?
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Well, you take it up.
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56 MR. MORRIS: Each store is owned by a different company,
57 and -----
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59 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Well, let us elicit that in evidence.
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