Day 258 - 07 Jun 96 - Page 53


     
     1        matter for myself, but what concerned me in so far as being
     2        a member of McDonald's executive was your self-proclaimed
     3        association with animal liberation groups and your
     4        anti-McDonald's campaign.
     5
     6   Q.   Right.  We are just putting those copies in.  You have no
     7        objection to people being involved, for example, in animal
     8        rights groups or even leafleting or picketing your
     9        stores---
    10        A.  Yes.
    11
    12   Q.   -- in general.  It is only -----
    13        A.  Yes, I take great exception to them picketing our
    14        stores.
    15
    16   Q.   Yes, but people have a right, do they not ---
    17        A.  Of course, they do.
    18
    19   Q.    -- to express their views, to picket?
    20        A.  Yes.
    21
    22   Q.   Right, OK.
    23
    24   MS. STEEL:   Could you get the counterclaim bundles?
    25        A.  Am I finished with this?
    26
    27   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    28
    29   MS. STEEL:   Yes, sorry.
    30
    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  1 or 2?
    32
    33   MS. STEEL:   1, sorry.
    34
    35   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The white one with the pink rim,
    36        Mr. Nicholson.
    37        A.  Yes, my Lord.
    38
    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Which divider?
    40
    41   MS. STEEL:   If we go to 78 first?
    42        A.  Yes.
    43
    44   Q.   Obviously, you have seen this before because it is
    45        addressed to you?
    46        A.  It is addressed to me -- well, it is addressed to Paul
    47        Preston; it is copied me.
    48
    49   Q.   Right.  It is addressed to you and Mrs. Brinley-Codd?
    50        A.  Yes. 
    51 
    52   Q.   Is it basically the case that you asked Mr. Carroll to do a 
    53        report of the demonstration for the purposes of any
    54        possible legal action that might be taken?
    55        A.  No, this would just be a normal departmental report
    56        following the demonstration.
    57
    58   Q.   So, that is standard practice, whenever there is a
    59        demonstration Mr. Carroll does a report to you?
    60        A.  Whenever there is a demonstration at Head Office he

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