Day 205 - 17 Jan 96 - Page 24
1 MR. MORRIS: Right. Yes. It is in a separate sheet. From what
2 I remember, these are the matters which we pleaded. I do
3 not know if you have the statement of Stan Stein that was
4 recently served in the last week or so?
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, I have. It is at the back of yellow
7 13.
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9 MR. MORRIS: I am not sure where Mr. Stein's statement will be.
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is now divider 46 in yellow 13.
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13 MR. MORRIS: So, these interrogatories on violations of child
14 labour laws have been asked because we have put in a notice
15 to admit that was ignored, and we have pleaded the matters
16 and we have had no documentation, discovery, although the
17 Plaintiffs, of course, are under an obligation.
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19 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Have you pleaded the matters which are in 2
20 and 3 of your interrogatories?
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22 MR. RAMPTON: That is just what I have been looking for.
23 I think your Lordship disallowed them.
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I was going to say next is my
26 recollection is that you sought leave to amend in respect
27 of those matters or something very similar, and I refused
28 you leave to amend there because I said, well, I gave
29 reasons in the actual ruling. If you just pause a
30 moment -----
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32 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I think it was 3rd October.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It was -----
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36 MR. RAMPTON: I have the uncorrected.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I have not got the corrected -- I have got a
39 corrected one, but if it was 3rd October 1995 ---
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41 MR. RAMPTON: Yes.
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: -- the part of the ruling is from 80 onwards
44 dealing with this. I refused you leave to amend. In
45 relation to the matters which appear at 4 to 10, I dealt
46 with those in the ruling from pages 7E to 8C and I gave you
47 leave to amend. In relation to the topic to which
48 interrogatory No. 11 relates, I gave you leave to amend in
49 respect of that.
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51 MR. MORRIS: Yes. I think I accept that. This physical page of
52 interrogatories is taken from the proposed amendments that
53 were pleaded.
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55 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I thought it was. I said on the previous
56 occasion, though I have not actually made a note of where
57 I said it, but the topic to which interrogatory No. 1
58 relates was really no more than an introduction and in any
59 event could not stand on its own without the particulars
60 which you then proceeded to give.
