Day 187 - 13 Nov 95 - Page 30
1 THE WITNESS: The only aim of McDonald's is to take away my
2 responsibilities as union delegate, as I was the first to
3 create a union branch in all of France; and that the legal
4 proceedings that McDonald's have attempted to take out
5 against me are only there to discredit me; and why, up
6 until the present moment, I have never been found guilty,
7 because these are just lies.
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9 MR. RAMPTON: Do I deduce that you give that answer simply from
10 what I have just told you about these proceedings?
11 A. Yes.
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13 MR. MORRIS: No questions in response.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Have you concluded your -----
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17 MR. RAMPTON: Yes. I sat down.
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19 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. You have no further questions? Thank
20 you, Mr. Lamti.
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22 (The witness withdrew)
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24 MR. MORRIS: We would like to read out Chantal
25 Villeneuve-Gallez's statements. The first one, certainly,
26 has been there for over a year; and the second one we would
27 have a right to read out, in any event, as a Civil Evidence
28 Act notice. The only question would be -- I do not know
29 what question would be outstanding. We would just like to
30 read them out and get this part of the case complete.
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32 The second one was translated by the translator who is
33 here, so she can verify the translation.
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35 MR. RAMPTON: Mr. Morris does not have any rights at all so far
36 as the second one is concerned, until your Lordship has
37 given leave. I do not object to leave being given. At
38 least, I say that without having read it.
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40 Mr. Morris habitually forgets -- as we all do, it must be
41 said, from time to time -- that both for Civil Evidence Act
42 statements and for live witnesses at this stage in the
43 case, strictly speaking, one always needs your Lordship's
44 leave at this stage, because everything is out of time.
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46 That said, all I need is an opportunity to ask my expert,
47 as it were, whether the translation of the second statement
48 is accurate; and then I need to ask myself whether there is
49 anything that I need to do with it. That is not something
50 that arises today, that second thing; that is something
51 that is in the future, if it arises at all. But I do need
52 the opportunity to have it read and checked against the
53 translation before it is read. I will do that over the
54 midday adjournment. If I have anything to say about it,
55 I will say it at two o'clock, or whenever your Lordship
56 thinks appropriate.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I will discuss the matter further at
59 two o'clock; and I would like to talk about Miss Tobin, as
60 well.
