Day 117 - 27 Apr 95 - Page 43
1 the others at the moment, but there may be some.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You should be able to sort that out by about
4 the middle of tomorrow, should you not?
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6 MR. MORRIS: Yes, if that is the thing I prioritise.
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That is why I am raising it now, because it
9 seems to me, I do not see why you cannot be getting that
10 together and making your phone calls at the same time.
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12 MR. MORRIS: Maybe if the Plaintiffs could send a courier round
13 to pick up any -----
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15 MR. RAMPTON: No, my Lord. I have sat here long enough. I am
16 certainly not going to tempted by that. I know what the
17 Defendants have been doing, at any rate, for some of the
18 time during the last two and a half weeks and it has not
19 been preparing for the cross-examination of Mr. Nicholson,
20 of that I am certain.
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22 If the Defendants want to produce documents out of a hat at
23 the last minute, then they must have your Lordship's leave
24 to do so and they must serve them on us in good time by
25 their own resources.
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27 MS. STEEL: I think that is a bit rich coming from Mr. Rampton
28 who served similar documents only yesterday afternoon just
29 as his witness was in the witness box.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Why I am raising it now is that it seems to
32 me that if you do prioritise, as you have described it,
33 getting your documents together, I do not see why you
34 should not get them to Barlows by the middle of tomorrow,
35 quite frankly. You must know the ones which are new and
36 which you want to put to Mr. Nicholson. You have obviously
37 got friends who support you in relation to this case, and
38 I should have thought you would be able to find someone who
39 could take a bundle of documents into Barlows without any
40 trouble whatsoever.
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42 MR. MORRIS: We will try to do that and get it to them as soon
43 as we can.
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You must do your very best to get them there
46 by the middle of tomorrow. I know both sides have produced
47 documents as people are actually in the witness box for the
48 first time. It has to be kept to a minimum. When one has
49 a warning that it is going to happen again, as in fairness
50 to you you have, warn us now and then one has to get to
51 grips with it and say, "We will get them to the other side
52 by such and such a time".
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54 So I would like you to get the documents you want to put to
55 Mr. Nicholson to Barlows around the middle of tomorrow.
56 What I said to Mr. Nicholson in the witness box about not
57 talking about employment matters is waived to the extent
58 that Mrs. Brinley-Codd or anyone from her firm or
59 Mr. Rampton or any other member of the Bar wants to ask
60 Mr. Nicholson about.
