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1 the appropriate sum would have been a very small fraction
2 of £350,000".
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4 My Lord, taking into account the circumstances of both
5 those cases, how the Court of Appeal approached it with the
6 approval of the Court of Appeal, if I may say that, in the
7 John case ----
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9 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I remember that part appearing in that
10 judgment.
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12 MR. RAMPTON: That is cited in John. One has to say that even
13 in the light of the guidance given by John, the brackets
14 I now propose for each of the separate Plaintiffs and how
15 your Lordship adjusts as between the Plaintiffs is entirely
16 a matter for your Lordship. I would not say any more about
17 that, if any adjustment be needed.
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19 The brackets which we propose can, we respectfully submit,
20 be seen as being certainly on the moderate side, given the
21 gravity of the numerous allegations made in this case,
22 given the extent of circulation, and given as important the
23 way in which this trial has been conducted by the
24 Defendants so as to ensure maximum publicity for the
25 allegations.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. I will have a look at those, if I could
28 be given a full copy.
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30 MR. RAMPTON: I am sorry about that. I do not know what
31 happened. It is because it was originally a two-sided
32 document.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It does not matter. Have you got complete
35 copies of Houston v. Smith?
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37 MS. STEEL: Mine seem to be OK.
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Very well. Mr. Rampton, was there anything
40 else you wanted to say?
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42 MR. RAMPTON: No, my Lord.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Since you are on your feet anyway, I am in
45 the course of re-reading the bundle in relation to
46 Colchester, Bath and Heathrow. If I have any further
47 queries I will ask you sometime, but I want to understand
48 the position in relation to the Alimi calculations.
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50 MR. RAMPTON: Yes.
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You are quite right, it was for 18th October
53 1986 that I did a specimen calculation, and you are quite
54 right ----
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56 MR. RAMPTON: Your Lordship double counted the sum.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I did, the 16.02 hours, in my sum I put
59 in at rate and a half when I had already counted it in my
60 first sum. So I came out at a figure which was too large
