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     1        will help in the light of the answer which you get, go to
     2        it.
     3
     4   MR. MORRIS:  The last review of Mark Davis, and there is none
     5        since that that have been found ---
     6        A.  On Mark Davis or -----
     7
     8   Q.   -- alleged to have happened after that.
     9        A.  This is my last review I did on Mark Davis you are
    10        talking about?
    11
    12   Q.   No, on Ray Coton by Mark Davis.  It includes phrases such
    13        as "the store's attention to quality has improved".  This
    14        is 1st November 1990.  Under "Service": "Speed of service
    15        has improved."  It says: "Excellent food and labour costs
    16        have been replaced by average figures."  Presumably,
    17        average figures means average for the Company as a whole?
    18        A.  I would not know.
    19
    20   Q.   Well, OK.  Sales and marketing: "At last we are beginning
    21        to see some activity on this front" -- implying some
    22        movement in that area.  It does say: "Crew retention
    23        turnover is one of the worst in the region" -- one of the
    24        worst in the region, not the worst in the region.  The
    25        conclusion includes the statement by Mark Davis, amongst
    26        other things:  "Professional appearance and conduct at all
    27        times, your personal attributes of reliability and maturity
    28        are second to none" -- and I emphasise second to
    29        none -- "and also you have an excellent attitude and wish
    30        to do well."
    31
    32        Now, although there may have been criticisms in that -----
    33
    34   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What are you going to put to the witness?  It
    35        is all very well from reading from performance reviews.
    36
    37   MR. MORRIS:  To save time in taking -----
    38
    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just ask the witness a question.  That is why
    40        he is in the witness box.
    41
    42   MR. MORRIS:  It indicates that the store ---
    43
    44   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Ask him a question, please, Mr. Morris.
    45
    46   MR. MORRIS: -- did not get any Cs at all in its last full field;
    47        yes?  Does that sound like -- just from what I have read
    48        out, does that sounds like a store that you felt was going
    49        into crisis -----
    50 
    51   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, that is a wholly improper question in the 
    52        light of what is in the whole of the PR, and if Mr. Morris 
    53        is to ask this witness about the PR made by a subordinate,
    54        Mark Davis, on his further subordinate, Mr. Ray Coton, the
    55        witness must be given six or seven minutes to read the
    56        whole of the PR, and then Mr. Morris can put the question.
    57        It is grossly improper.
    58
    59   MR. MORRIS:  Is a B mark -- what is a failure mark in a store in
    60        a full field audit?

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