Day 169 - 04 Oct 95 - Page 56


     
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     2   MR. MORRIS:  No further questions.
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     4   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you.
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     6                      Re-examined by MR. RAMPTON
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     8   MR. RAMPTON:  Very few questions Miss or is it Mrs.?
     9        A.  Mrs.
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    11   Q.   Yes, I thought it was.  You tell us in your statement that
    12        you became a senior Supervisor in July 1984?
    13        A.  Yes.
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    15   Q.   Which, according to Mr. Cranna's statement, was just after
    16        he joined the West Ealing store.  Was West Ealing one of
    17        the stores that you had under your ultimate jurisdiction at
    18        the time when you became a senior Supervisor?
    19        A.  Yes, it was.
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    21   Q.   You told us also that there was a time when your
    22        jurisdiction was increased from eight to 14 stores as
    23        senior Supervisor?
    24        A.  It went up gradually; it did not go in one ----
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    26   Q.   Do you remember when it first increased from eight to nine
    27        or ten?
    28        A.  I think I went from eight to ten in '85, and then
    29        I increased from there to take on a further four stores
    30        after that.
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    32   Q.   At the time when you started, when you had eight stores for
    33        about a year so that it increased to ten or maybe less a
    34        year, maybe more, how many supervisors did you have
    35        underneath you?
    36        A.  I had three initially and then I went to four.
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    38   Q.   You went to four when you increased the number of stores?
    39        A.  Yes.
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    41   Q.   So, from the beginning then, if I have understood it
    42        correctly, you had an area Supervisor from July 1984 who
    43        was responsible directly for the West Ealing store?
    44        A.  Yes, I did.
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    46   Q.   How many stores did that person have that they were
    47        responsible for?
    48        A.  Initially, they had three and they went to four quite
    49        quickly after I got promoted.
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    51   Q.   In your view, and you must be absolutely frank about this, 
    52        was the person who was the area Supervisor for West Ealing 
    53        a responsible person?
    54        A.  At that point in time he was not -- he was a
    55        responsible person; he was of average -- he performed to an
    56        average level but had the capabilities of performing
    57        better.
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    59   Q.   Did you do something about that?
    60        A.  Yes, I did.

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