Day 261 - 12 Jun 96 - Page 48
1 happened after the agenda was finished being passed round
2 was that people would introduce themselves, and then the
3 agenda items would be gone through one by one, firstly --
4 well, after those present, then correspondence received,
5 then reports of previous week's activities, then the
6 individual agenda items?
7 A. Yes. The agenda was fairly loosely stuck to.
8
9 Q. Then at the end there would be a section on coming events,
10 which would be any events that were coming up, not just
11 those organised by London Greenpeace?
12 A. Yes. I do not recall if that was at the end, but
13 certainly that was part of it. I do not recall the order
14 of it.
15
16 Q. You would generally agree with what Mr. Bishop said about
17 the nature of the group, the way the meetings were run?
18 A. I have not heard all of Mr. Bishop's evidence. I was
19 only here for part of it.
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can I explain about that? If you think that
22 Mr. Bishop, as a witness, covered the generalities or some
23 of them which you want to ask about by giving favourable
24 answers to you, there is no need to check with another
25 witness. If you think there was some doubt about
26 Mr. Bishop's evidence, check. I am not suggesting it will
27 happen here. One risk of checking a favourable answer with
28 another witness is that you may get an unfavourable answer
29 from that witness and we have taken a step backward rather
30 than a step forward.
31
32 So, if you have a favourable answer which you think you can
33 suggest is credible in due course, there is no need to get
34 confirmation for it from a subsequent witness who is giving
35 evidence in the same field.
36
37 MS. STEEL: Right, OK.
38
39 MR. MORRIS: From what you heard -- I think you were here all
40 yesterday morning?
41 A. Yes.
42
43 Q. Just to save time -- from what you heard about what
44 Mr. Bishop said about the nature of the group, the way it
45 worked, was there anything which you disagreed with in what
46 he said?
47 A. From what I heard, there is nothing I disagreed with,
48 but I cannot guarantee I heard everything Mr. Bishop said.
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50 Q. But you were here all yesterday morning?
51 A. I was not necessarily concentrating and paying
52 attention all of yesterday morning, I am afraid.
53
54 Q. OK. From what you heard, it accorded with your
55 experiences?
56 A. From what I heard.
57
58 Q. OK. You were not asleep for most of the time; were you
59 awake for most of the time?
60 A. I was awake, but I was not always concentrating.
