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1 Meat Packers. Jarrets do not appear on the list for the
2 reason which I have given before. I am -- I can develop
3 it, if your Lordship would wish it, in view of certain
4 information which was brought to my attention recently --
5 very anxious indeed to keep the names of the suppliers so
6 far as possible indisclosed.
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8 What I am proposing is that, at any rate, as a first step
9 (and one hopes it might be the last) that Mrs. Brinley-Codd
10 will go and make -- sorry, Mr. Riley is going to do it --
11 blanked out copies for distribution during the course of
12 this afternoon.
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14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: How many other suppliers are there, do you
15 know?
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17 MR. RAMPTON: I have not counted them up, but it is quite a lot
18 on this list. Obviously, this is not the whole of the
19 suppliers because, as I say, for example, Jarrets does not
20 appear on it. This is just the suppliers on one day, 32.
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22 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I suggest is that you do that. If it
23 can be done, it should be done -- I am sure it can be if
24 Mr. Riley helps -- by the close of play. Mr. Morris and
25 Ms. Steel can take away overnight and then I will hear any
26 argument about it in the morning when they have had time to
27 look at it.
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29 MR. RAMPTON: That is what I would like to do, yes.
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31 MR. MORRIS: I want to oppose the suggestion for blanking out
32 parts of the document. As far as I understand the
33 situation, the Plaintiffs are compelled to disclose any
34 relevant document and any relevant parts of documents. The
35 names of the suppliers -----
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You have not even looked at it yet.
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39 MR. MORRIS: I understand that, but Mr. Rampton is already
40 saying that he is going to blank out certain parts of it.
41 The names of the suppliers are relevant, but it has been
42 said that it is up to us to make our own enquiries if we
43 want to track down all of McDonald's suppliers; it is not
44 the Plaintiffs' business to give us that information if
45 they do not have to give us that information. The point
46 is, if the document is relevant, and the names of suppliers
47 are relevant because they are relevant who supplies
48 McKey's ----
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I cannot judge that until we have looked at
51 the document. Blank it out. Let Mr. Morris and Ms. Steel
52 take it away. When they have looked at it and I can see
53 it, I can hear any argument on the relevance or otherwise,
54 and I may have to go into chambers and actually hear
55 evidence if there is any concern about what may happen with
56 the information. I may have to be addressed on what
57 powers, if any, I have to have partial disclosure of
58 documents if they are relevant. That is a different
59 consideration to documents which have parts blocked out
60 because the disclosing parties says those parts are not
