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1 all be repeated.
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3 We will bring him on a Monday. We have already told him
4 that it is best if he comes on a Monday and that he tries
5 to keep as much of that week clear as he possibly can.
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7 I say those things out of an apprehension for the court's
8 time, as well as for my clients' time and money.
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10 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am not prepared to mistrust Ms. Steel and
11 Mr. Morris to the extent that I am going to assume that if
12 he comes back they will just spend a lot of time
13 cross-examining unnecessarily. I very much hope that they
14 do their best to keep their eye on the ball. All I will
15 say is that when he does come back, I may well not let him
16 go, in so far as I have jurisdiction not to let him go,
17 until he has completed his evidence. It may be just too
18 bad if that clashes with his business.
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20 MR. RAMPTON: Of course, I understand that. One does not want
21 to start talking about ne exeat regno, and all that kind of
22 thing, of course not. What I have just said is really
23 through your Lordship. I cannot address the Defendants
24 directly, and have no wish to do so.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: At this time of year, of all times of year,
27 an element of goodwill is required on both sides.
28 I suggest that we leave that there. There are some
29 elements to this case which are just impractical and one
30 has to face that.
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32 I rely on you, Ms. Steel and Mr. Morris, to get through the
33 balance of your cross-examination as efficiently as you
34 can, and I rely upon those representing the Plaintiffs to
35 bring Dr. Gomez Gonzalez back as soon they can, with a
36 generous allowance for time for the completion of his
37 evidence.
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39 MR. MORRIS: Right. Brazil, which, thanks to the fortunate
40 disclosure by the Plaintiffs of a relevant document, is now
41 part of the case, and I think really we are entitled to
42 general discovery relevant to the Brazil issue.
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44 I do not know whether we should specify at this stage any
45 limitation on that. What we know exists -- because
46 obviously we do not know what exists -- we do know there is
47 a map in Brazil that identifies some kind of sources.
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think you should be as specific as you can
50 be now. You say that Brazil is an issue. It might help if
51 you say what you see that as being. Can we take the
52 80 tonnes, first of all?
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54 MR. MORRIS: Yes. There is the issue of the actual, in this
55 country, receipts of Brazilian beef, when and how much.
56 Also, it is clear in Lord Vesty's letter that McDonald's
57 have made a special application for access to this quota
58 and gained licences to do that.
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us take it step by step. So far as the
