Day 261 - 12 Jun 96 - Page 77
1 startling, I may have to get instructions.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The point of trying to get the statement is
4 that one does not know. It may be going over ground which
5 we have been over before with a different stress, in which
6 case it may not matter much that there is no notice. But
7 the whole point of trying to get the statement is just in
8 case Professor Crawford does produce something which is a
9 new point or produces some literature or wishes to refer to
10 some literature to support or underline a point he has
11 already made.
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13 MR. RAMPTON: The other thing was Mr. Cannon that I raised the
14 other day. I have not been able to think, myself, since
15 then, of any good reason why he should be recalled.
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Have you got a particular point?
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19 MR. MORRIS: I forgot to phone him. I will phone him to get his
20 further statement. He said he would do it at the weekend.
21 It is possible he was not at home, but I will check.
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do do that. Apart from anything else, we do
24 not want to have Mr. Cannon back just to find that he does
25 not have anything to add. You have it obviously in mind
26 that he does have something to add, so notice should be
27 given of it to the other side.
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29 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I mention Mr. Cannon in particular
30 because I foresee, shall I say, some slight, perhaps,
31 substantial displacement to the present schedule. We have
32 reached the 2nd November with Mr. Pocklington. There is
33 likely to be an argument tomorrow morning which will take a
34 bit of time, perhaps an hour, perhaps three-quarters of an
35 hour -- I do not know -- and I still have Mr. Clare and
36 Mr. Russell to try and fit in this week. If one of them
37 was not finished, then I could see whether they could come
38 back next week on Wednesday, or possibly even Tuesday.
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think we should talk about the schedule
41 before we stop any evidence which we are hearing a little
42 early on Friday afternoon, so we can talk about the
43 schedule when we know where we have got.
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45 MS. STEEL: Is it Mr. Clare who is coming next, or is it
46 Mr. Russell?
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48 MR. RAMPTON: It is Mr. Clare. Mr. Russell will probably now
49 not be before Friday, I would guess.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You are expecting Mr. Hall to be here first
52 thing, are you?
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54 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: In case there is any difficulty about that,
57 and in the hope that we will get to Mr. Pocklington anyway
58 sooner rather than later, I think Mr. Pocklington ought to
59 be back first thing in the morning. If Mr. Hall is held up
60 for any reason, we can carry on with Mr. Pocklington for
