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1 said it in cross-examination so I can make a note that you
2 challenge the admissibility of that document and I can hear
3 what Mr. Rampton has to say about it.
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5 You can challenge it in two ways: The first is as to its
6 admissibility, which means whether it is admitted as proper
7 evidence at all, and the second is in relation to the
8 weight, if any, to be attached to it which are, juris
9 prudentially, two different issues. If no weight is to be
10 attached to a document, it does not matter whether it is
11 admissible or not. So the end result may be the same.
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13 What I suggest you do is make one of your recycled paper
14 lists which you have done in the past for topics. Do not
15 just put the headline. If you can put two or three lines
16 underneath so that everyone can see what you have got in
17 mind, that would be helpful.
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19 MR. MORRIS: Yes. We have a problem at the moment that
20 everything seems to be happening at the same time, such as
21 legal matters that we need to address which are
22 outstanding. We are preparing for Mr. Nicholson which is
23 quite extensive and Mr. Beavers as well, and also making
24 these phone calls, contact all our witnesses. It may all
25 sound very simple to a law firm, but actually we are
26 finding it quite a burden. So, all I am saying is we will
27 do all these matters but if there can be some bearing in
28 mind that it is quite a burden.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We may over the next two or three weeks have
31 days where a witness would not otherwise be giving
32 evidence, so you may get the time and you may be able to
33 raise them then. So far as your list of the things you
34 want to raise is concerned, start the running of this now
35 and put down what you can think of now on it with what you
36 can of to indicate what your particular concern or argument
37 is, and then go back to it whenever another matter comes
38 into your head.
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40 MR. MORRIS: I have a running total of things but I have to
41 check.
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43 The other thing I wanted to mention was that we may serve
44 some further employment witness statements on Monday
45 morning. I will have to sort some documents. There may be
46 further employment documents. I think that it is only fair
47 for Mr. Nicholson to have a chance to look at those and
48 Mr. Rampton to have a chance to question him.
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What about the documents first of all? The
51 most important thing is that you get together and copy any
52 documents which you would like to put to Mr. Nicholson in
53 cross-examination.
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55 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Are there many of those?
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59 MR. MORRIS: I do not know. I will have to check through a
60 pile. I have not got the employment ones separated from
