Day 126 - 17 May 95 - Page 08
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3 MS. STEEL: Yes, I was intending to telephone him as soon as the
4 hearing was over.
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6 MR. RAMPTON: Then perhaps during the course of the day --
7 earlier rather than later -- he could telephone
8 Mrs. Brinley-Codd or Mr. Hill. They can have a discussion
9 about what his response is. If he thinks it is a good idea
10 (which I would urge him to do), then they can get ahead
11 with making the arrangements.
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Right.
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15 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, as to the rest of this week, I do not
16 know what your Lordship is going to do, but if I assume
17 that your Lordship were to adjourn for the rest of this
18 week, perhaps the way of dealing with the beginning of next
19 week is for us to keep in touch with Mr. Stiles and tell
20 him how matters are progressing. Then your Lordship,
21 through Mr. Stiles, can inform us whether your Lordship
22 will sit on Monday morning or Tuesday morning.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I will certainly adjourn the case for the
25 rest of this week. Whether we start on Monday or Tuesday
26 of next week is not a matter of great importance, so far as
27 I am concerned.
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29 MR. RAMPTON: Nor as far as I am concerned.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But if it is suggested by Mr. Morris or on
32 his behalf that there is any difficulty about starting on
33 Monday or Tuesday of next week, I think we must deal with
34 the matter in court again. Mr. Stiles will be available on
35 the telephone but decisions cannot be made on the
36 telephone. If it is a matter of, say, more than the one
37 day we were involved with last week, that can be dealt with
38 by agreement on the phone, but not procedural matters of
39 greater substance on something like that.
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41 So I would like Mr. Stiles to be kept informed. I will not
42 say anything more about the question of adjournment now.
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44 The only other thing which occurred to me, having re-read
45 the transcript of Mr. Fairgrieve's evidence last September,
46 is that he was going to make some further enquiries and
47 there was some question of further discovery.
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49 MR. RAMPTON: Further discovery has taken place.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Was that the 1988 and the 1991 surveys?
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53 MR. RAMPTON: Not 1988 and 1991, my Lord. They were for
54 1993 -- 1991, yes, your Lordship is quite right.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can I just enumerate the matters? It seemed
57 to me that it was agreed that further enquiry would be made
58 and there might be further discovery and, indeed, although
59 this was not said, perhaps even some further
60 evidence-in-chief for Mr. Fairgrieve. The first was the
