Day 126 - 17 May 95 - Page 07
1 emotional, psychological effect of it. My Lord, then I
2 would propose that we start at 10.30 on Tuesday morning
3 with Mrs. Barnes who ought to finish during the week
4 anyway.
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6 MS. STEEL: I do not know what the position is now, but
7 obviously I will tell Mr. Morris about the course
8 proposed. If the child minder thing did not succeed,
9 I would have further things to say about whether it was
10 fair to continue without Mr. Morris. So, if it does not
11 succeed, I would want to reserve further argument on that
12 point.
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14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. By all means, say anything you want to
15 me about that. I mean, I really am hoping that it will not
16 come to that. At the risk of being too formal about it,
17 I really think if there is any problem Mr. Morris does have
18 to get to court to tell me about it, because you are
19 actually separate parties, and I do not see any question of
20 prejudice so far as you are concerned.
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22 It happens that you have worked in harness because you have
23 had the same common interests, but I think the technicality
24 of it is that you are a separate defendant in your own
25 right and no misfortune which strikes Mr. Morris affects
26 the administration of justice so far as you are concerned.
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28 MS. STEEL: I understand that.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But let us not discuss it any further because
31 I hope we just do not come to it. What I am trying to
32 impress on you is that I perfectly understand that he has
33 not felt able to come today, but if there is any argument
34 about it still by the beginning of next week, I really
35 think he has to make some arrangement to get to court to
36 tell me about it and to put his own case.
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38 MS. STEEL: I think he did suggest actually that if this
39 hearing that is happening now was next week, he might be
40 able to find someone to cover for a morning or something
41 like that.
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, I think he should if it comes to it.
44 But what it seems to me is that he must speak --
45 Mrs. Brinley-Codd will deal with it so far as you are
46 concerned?
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48 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, she will deal with it personally. If I
49 could, through your Lordship, invite Ms. Steel to tell
50 Mr. Morris at once what it is we propose -- or it might be
51 Mr. Hill, both of whom Mr. Morris knows.
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53 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, either. Mr. Morris -- again in a sense
54 it is none of my business -- he has got to know
55 Mrs. Brinley-Codd and Mr. Hill to some extent, I assume in
56 the course of this case..
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58 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, he has.
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is he on the telephone at home? I think he
