Day 121 - 04 May 95 - Page 63


     
     1        up matters he would like in evidence which are in your
     2        statement but you were not asked about by Mr. Rampton, so
     3        far as that is concerned.
     4
     5   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  Just on page 15, paragraph 37?
     6        A.  Yes.
     7
     8   Q.   In the sixth line down you said that you had no
     9        recollection of talking to a journalist from the Daily
    10        Mirror; is that correct?
    11        A.  That is true, yes.
    12
    13   Q.   If we go to page 20 ----
    14        A.  Yes.
    15
    16   Q.   Can you explain why the Company sought a waiver of its
    17        legal obligation to employ a quota of people that are
    18        registered disabled?
    19
    20   MR. RAMPTON:  No, my Lord, that has been struck out.  It is not
    21        in the defence any more.  The Defendants abandoned it, in
    22        fact.
    23
    24   MR. MORRIS:  We did not abandon it.
    25
    26   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, they did.
    27
    28   MR. MORRIS:  We abandoned the point we were making, which is
    29        that we were claiming they were in breach of the law by not
    30        employing ----
    31
    32   MR. RAMPTON:  No, my Lord, it is no longer ----
    33
    34   MR. MORRIS:  We are not criticising the Company for being in
    35        breach of the law ----
    36
    37   MR. RAMPTON:  No, my Lord.  I do beg Mr. Morris, through your
    38        Lordship, to keep quiet while I make an objection.  This is
    39        not Hyde Park Corner nor the students' union, or indeed a
    40        union meeting.  It was abandoned by the Defendants.  There
    41        was a specific allegation.  That part of Mr. Nicholson's
    42        statement was there while the allegation still remained.
    43        It was later removed.  It is no part of this case, and it
    44        is a waste of the court's time and our money to investigate
    45        it now.
    46
    47   MS. STEEL:  Could I say something about what Mr. Rampton just
    48        said about Mr. Morris?  Mr. Rampton actually got up, made
    49        his objection and stopped speaking; Mr. Morris started
    50        speaking and Mr. Rampton interrupted him.  It is him who is 
    51        behaving ---- 
    52 
    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think Mr. Rampton clearly had more to say.
    54        But, in any event, there was an allegation in relation to
    55        the provisions of the Disabled Persons Employment Act
    56        1994.  That went out.  There is nothing in the pleadings in
    57        relation to it now.
    58
    59   MR. MORRIS:  No.  The allegation was that they were in breach of
    60        the provisions.  Then that allegation was admitted by the

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