Day 197 - 07 Dec 95 - Page 61
1 page 49 because we are coming back to it. This is written
2 on 7th August 1991 ----
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4 MR. MORRIS: What page number is this?
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6 MR. RAMPTON: Page 68, the very last page in this section.
7 There should be something called "Notification of
8 Starters, Changes, Leavers"?
9 A. Yes.
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11 Q. It seems to refer to you, Coton, Raymond T. It is dated
12 at the bottom. There are two dates: one is 7th August '91
13 and the one in the right-hand bottom corner is 20th August
14 '91. There is a big black line above those dates. There
15 are two questions: "Was employee's work satisfactory?
16 No. Would you re-employ? No." That was not a
17 gold-edged performance review as you left, was it?
18 A. Would that have anything to do with obviously the
19 warning that is in the file that I never saw, never
20 signed; the performance reviews that mysteriously have
21 disappeared that said I was rubbish? Up till the day
22 I resigned I was asked not to go. Anybody can stick a
23 piece of paper that I have not signed and never seen
24 before. Perhaps you should be seeing why that was put in
25 there. Where is the evidence that substantiates that?
26 All the way through my reviews it says I was a good
27 Manager. Where are the ones that say I was not?
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29 Q. You had had a meeting with Mr. Neil Skehel who was or had
30 been your Supervisor, and Mr. John Atherton I think, about
31 the time you resigned, either just before or just after.
32 At the moment I am afraid since this information is new to
33 me I cannot tell you the exact date, but it took place at
34 Colchester. Do you remember?
35 A. Obviously I am trying to ----
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37 Q. John Atherton?
38 A. Yes.
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40 MR. MORRIS: What page are we on?
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42 MR. RAMPTON: I am not on a page. I am cross-examining.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He is putting something to the witness.
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46 THE WITNESS: You will have to elaborate on that because I had
47 many meetings.
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49 MR. RAMPTON: A meeting at Colchester with Neil Skehel and John
50 Atherton about the time you resigned?
51 A. Yes.
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53 Q. It was the only meeting you ever had with any of the
54 people higher up, apart from Neil Skehel and yourself?
55 A. That is untrue.
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57 Q. You never had a meeting with Andrew Taylor, did you?
58 A. I did, yes. I did, yes, and there was a restaurant
59 full of people that knew he was there, so ----
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