Day 246 - 09 May 96 - Page 13
1 then when he has given his evidence on it, if you think
2 there are particular loose ends which he has not been able
3 to answer, you write to Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, and it will
4 be a quite a short letter, asking them if they are prepared
5 to divulge the further information which you want.
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7 I suggest you take that course because, for all I know, you
8 may refer in a few moments' time or in an hour's time to
9 something which makes Mr. Preston remember something which
10 he cannot recall now. So I think you should complete your
11 cross-examination of Mr. Preston in relation to it first.
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13 MS. STEEL: OK.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If you think at the end of the day Mr.
16 Preston says he cannot help you about matters you are
17 asking, and if you have reason to believe that there will
18 not be any further McDonald's witness who can help, then
19 you are put to asking for information voluntarily by
20 correspondence.
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22 MS. STEEL: Yes. If I can give warning, I cannot remember
23 where it is in here, but there is another point I was going
24 to specifically apply for to be unblanked out because of
25 the fact that it destroys the sense of the document.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That is another consideration. Take that up
28 when you come to it.
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30 MS. STEEL: OK. Mr. Preston, did you receive a copy of this
31 fax from Scope Communications Management dated 31st
32 January, 1994?
33 A. I do not think so, but I do not remember.
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35 Q. I will ask you even though you will say you do not know.
36 The writing at the bottom of that page appears to be Edi
37 Bensilum's again. Would you agree with that?
38 A. Well, it is similar to the writing on the first page,
39 but whether it is Edi's, I am sorry, I just do not
40 recognise her signature or her hand script. I am not that
41 familiar with my numbers of employees and what they their
42 handwriting looks like.
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44 Q. OK. Can I just ask about this document: if you go onto
45 the second page which is completely blanked?
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can you give the page numbers at the bottom?
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49 MS. STEEL: It is page 4, which is completely blanked out apart
50 from two lines, the first one saying, "Other items to be
51 considered", the second line saying, "No 1, briefing sheets
52 for customers in restaurants", and "briefing sheets" has
53 been crossed out for some reason, but do you know, these
54 briefing sheets, were they an afterthought or were they
55 something that was planned all along ever since you decided
56 to take this, talk publicly about ----
57 A. I do not know what was in this as to whether it was a
58 first thought or an afterthought. It was under items to be
59 considered. If this is the correct order of papers, it
60 seems like it is coming at the end. It did not seem to be
