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1 stop. In fact, 3 people on whom writs were served did
2 stop.
3
4 Q. So what you are referring to then is that in September 1990
5 you served writs on 5 people?
6 A. Yes.
7
8 Q. And you count that as ignoring several requests?
9 A. Well, that was one I cited here and now. I am sure
10 there are others but ----
11
12 Q. You have not got any evidence of any others because there
13 is none in the bundles and you would have found it if they
14 existed?
15 A. I assume so.
16
17 Q. Yes, so it is basically a lie and you are lying to the
18 public, are you not?
19 A. I am not lying to the public.
20
21 Q. You authorised this leaflet?
22 A. Yes.
23
24 Q. Did you verify it before you authorised it?
25 A. I verified it with the people who wrote it. We went
26 through it.
27
28 Q. You did not check to see whether you had any evidence
29 whatsoever that it was true?
30 A. Well, I am sorry. The dates, the times, the leaflets
31 which involved the damaging statements are certainly true.
32
33 Q. You lied to the public by saying that the group has ignored
34 several requests from McDonald's to stop publishing the
35 leaflet and then you went on to say: "As a last resort,
36 McDonald's is going to court to prove that the contents of
37 the leaflet are untrue and stop its publication".
38
39 Again, you are trying to paint a picture, are you not, that
40 really McDonald's is at the end of its tether, it has been
41 completely reasonable, it has tried to settle the matter
42 amicably, and it really did not want to go to court and
43 that is a pack of lies, is it not?
44 A. It is not so.
45
46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Are you going to go to another sheet?.
47
48 MS. STEEL: Yes.
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will have our 5-minute break there.
51
52 (Short adjournment)
53
54 MS. STEEL: While you have got this press release, the one at
55 number 1. This is a press release I think that was sent to
56 one of the newspapers, I cannot remember off-hand which one
57 it was but I could find out.
58
59 At the bottom it is dated 14th March 1994, and the fax
60 number, if you could confirm this, appears to be from the
