Day 270 - 28 Jun 96 - Page 27


     
     1        what to enclose in the letter?
     2        A.  It was left to me to decide.  Nobody....  But I did not
     3        actually follow it up, so I did not actually enclose
     4        anything.
     5
     6   Q.   You did not?
     7        A.  No.
     8
     9   Q.   It was just left up to you, that was the way it was done?
    10        A.  Yes.
    11
    12   Q.   Can you say how much you were paid for doing this work?
    13
    14   MR. RAMPTON:  No, I object to that.
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do not answer the question.  Ask the question
    17        and then if there is an objection I will deal with it.  Do
    18        not answer the question.
    19
    20   MR. MORRIS:  Can you say how much you were paid to do this work,
    21        this investigation?
    22
    23   MR. RAMPTON:  I object to that.
    24
    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What is the relevance of that?
    26
    27   MR. MORRIS:  Well, it is something that, a standard question
    28        that people are asked as background material.
    29
    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is not a standard question that I have
    31        heard ever asked as a standard question.  What is the
    32        relevance of it to any issue in this case?
    33
    34   MR. MORRIS:  Just something that people are generally asked
    35        about their wages or whatever.
    36
    37   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Not in my 33 years experience in these courts
    38        they are not.  If there is some special relevance of how
    39        much they are paid to an issue in the trial in which they
    40        are giving evidence, then the question may be asked.
    41
    42   MR. MORRIS:  Were you aware when you were doing this work - you
    43        said that you knew it was for McDonald's - were you aware
    44        of Sid Nicholson, the vice president of McDonald's, being
    45        in charge of this operation?
    46        A.  No.
    47
    48   Q.   Were you aware that your managing director was having
    49        meetings with Mr. Nicholson?
    50        A.  I do not recall that name, no.  But, I mean, he would 
    51        have been having meetings. 
    52 
    53   Q.   We have heard evidence from Mr. Nicholson to that effect.
    54        I was just wondered if you were aware of it?
    55        A.  No.
    56
    57   Q.   So did nobody tell you really what was happening, if you
    58        like, higher up?
    59        A.  No, they did not.
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