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     1        have those notes.  So far as Rampton knows, the Plaintiffs
     2        do not have those notes, but Rampton is often mistaken and
     3        may be now.
     4
     5   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I can see that their employers might have,
     6        but I do not know that the Plaintiffs have.
     7
     8   MR. RAMPTON:  That is correct, I am told.  Anyway, perhaps we
     9        could get on with Mr. Bishop?
    10
    11   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Think about that further, if you will.
    12        I will take the five-minute break now, and then we will
    13        hear Mr. Bishop.
    14
    15                          (Short Adjournment)
    16
    17   MR. MORRIS:  Can I deal with the other outstanding legal matters
    18        first, or do you want to set some time aside -----
    19
    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just tell me what they are for the time being
    21        and we will see.
    22
    23   MR. MORRIS:  It is just discovery mostly - the US video, there
    24        is -- actually, I do not think I have that many; maybe we
    25        can deal with it in five minutes.
    26
    27   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Let me see.  What is the position with
    28        regards to the United States video.  Do you know,
    29        Mr. Rampton?
    30
    31   MR. RAMPTON:  I will tell your Lordship.  Frankly, what happened
    32        was it was done once and there was, I think it is some kind
    33        of crew opinion survey which is a new experimental one
    34        which McDonald's in the United States are using, and all
    35        that happened was when we disclosed the transcript of the
    36        video we blanked the name of it out because it is
    37        commercially sensitive.  It has no relevance what its name
    38        was.  When they did edited version of the video they did
    39        not blank it out, and apparently it is quite difficult to
    40        beep it on a redo and what they are doing is redoing it at
    41        the moment so as to beep it out.  That has all been
    42        explained to the Defendants, I am told.  That is the
    43        position.
    44
    45   MS. STEEL:   It has not all been explained to us and I do
    46        not-----
    47
    48   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  When can that be done by?
    49
    50   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I do not know.  It is not being done by 
    51        Barlows or by McDonald's.  It is being done by an 
    52        outsider.  Nothing turns on it so far as the conclusion of 
    53        the evidence is concerned because it is a matter only for
    54        final speeches, and obviously we must have it in the
    55        Defendants' hands before everybody goes away to prepare
    56        their final speeches.  That is obvious, and that we will
    57        undertake to do.  But when it will actually be ready I am
    58        afraid I cannot say.  There is nobody of whom questions can
    59        be asked about it is left to be called.
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