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1 MR. MORRIS: If it is possible to keep an open mind on our
2 request rather than close the door on it?
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will discuss it again. I appreciate you
5 may be very anxious about it as an ordeal and whether you
6 will cope with it, but worrying about it at this stage,
7 quite frankly, is not going to help you.
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9 MR. RAMPTON: The other idea which had occurred to me -- it is
10 premature to mention it now perhaps -- is whether, in fact,
11 it might be advisable to make submissions about meaning,
12 get rulings on those questions before making any kind of
13 submission or address about the evidence, because it is
14 clear that in certain circumstances much of the evidence
15 could be ignored. It would certainly shorten things a good
16 deal. I merely float that as an idea for your Lordship to
17 consider.
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19 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will see.
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21 MS. STEEL: This is not on the schedule, but we wanted to ask
22 about it, if we could have Dr. Gregory's address from the
23 Plaintiffs so that we could contact him about those
24 documents that we brought up.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He was going to get some figures such as
27 timings from Bristol or he was going to suggest a way that
28 they might be obtained, were those the ones?
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30 MS. STEEL: Yes, that is right. We were asked that we should
31 contact him if we wanted that information.
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33 MR. RAMPTON: I think I said this before. I have no objection
34 to the Defendants contacting Dr. Gregory. They can
35 probably reach him through Bristol University.
36 Mrs. Brinley-Codd does not know where he is. I cannot even
37 remember the name of the place in New Zealand that he is
38 going to, but I expect that is on the transcript. What he
39 said was that he would look and see if he had any figures.
40 I am told that he did look and he has not. That does not
41 stop the Defendants asking him again.
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Did he not at the beginning of his evidence
44 say where he was going in New Zealand to take up his chair,
45 what the chair was?
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47 MR. RAMPTON: I think he mentioned the place, yes. I do not
48 think he gave an address. It should not be difficult; he
49 is known as Professor Gregory and he is known to be in a
50 place in New Zealand. I know it is not Aukland and,
51 therefore, it is not a huge place. He probably also said
52 what the university was that he was going to. The
53 information could be obtained from Bristol University.
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55 MR. MORRIS: We will try to do that anyway.
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Raise it again if you have any problem.
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59 MR. MORRIS: The last point, going back to the schedule, is that
60 this is turning out to be a quite exceptionally long case
