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     1   MS. STEEL:  I do not know whether I should have brought this up
     2        when Mr. Bruton was in the witness box, but perhaps
     3        I should bring it up now just in case.  These were given to
     4        him while he was working there.  I mean, as I see it there
     5        are a lot of documents in this case where McDonald's say,
     6        "Oh, this is our policy on this" or "This is our policy on
     7        that", and they are not the be all and end all of
     8        everything but they are useful to see how they say they are
     9        going to be working.
    10
    11   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think the first step, if I might suggest,
    12        is that you should recall Mr. Bruton and just ask him how
    13        and in what circumstances these came into his possession,
    14        because at the end of day that may turn out to be enough
    15        for your purposes for all I know.  I am not being too
    16        technical when I say it is not enough for you to state
    17        that.  It may well be that no-one will dispute but you had
    18        better have Mr. Bruton back and ask him one or two
    19        questions about it.
    20
    21                         Mr. Bruton, Recalled
    22                 Further Examined by the Defendants.
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I suggest you take him through each one
    25        individually.
    26
    27   MS. STEEL:  The first document is a proposal form between the
    28        catcher representatives and the management on Monday 21st
    29        October 1991.
    30
    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Where did you first see that?  Did you give
    32        these today to or recently to Ms. Steel or Mr. Morris?
    33        A.  Yes.
    34
    35   Q.   Well, how did the proposal first come into your possession,
    36        when and in what circumstances?
    37        A.  When he was making all the cutbacks for the contracting
    38        teams to come in, where they were going to cut men down lay
    39        men off, do whatever with the men, these were all proposals
    40        made, I think I am right in saying this, I stand to be
    41        corrected on this, by Jeff Bowells originally.
    42
    43   Q.   Who gave you the document?
    44        A.  It would either have been given to us but a member of
    45        the management, being Ray Styles, or a trade union
    46        representative.
    47
    48   Q.   Very well.  Can you remember when that was?
    49        A.  To be exact I cannot, sir.
    50 
    51   Q.   Do you think it was soon after Monday, 21st October 1991? 
    52        A.  Round about the dates that are on these documents, not 
    53        long after we would have had them.
    54
    55   Q.   If you look at the letter of 26th January 1993, which is
    56        actually signed by Mr. Bowell, do you see that?
    57
    58   MS. STEEL:  "To all catchers, expansion of contract catching".
    59
    60   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The one with the Sun Valley logo in the top

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