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MR. JUSTICE BELL: Then have you to do that in relation to each
2 of the pigs and cattle?
3 MS. STEEL: Yes, I think there is not going to be quite so much
detail but, yes, we do have to do that.
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. I thought may be broilers is what you
5 would spend most time on.
6 MS. STEEL: Yes.
7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I suggest is that let us go on until
our five minute break and then see if you can give some
8 kind of estimate.
9 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I had already anticipated this. I make
no comment about the reasons for it. There may come a
10 time when I shall be driven to say something, but I will
not say it at the moment. In the light of that
11 anticipation, we have decided that we shall stand
Professor Ashworth down until tomorrow and Dr. Gregory's
12 hotel is booked for tonight.
13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
14 MR. MORRIS: The other thing was the interlocutory matters, if
that is the right word, whether we wanted to deal with
15 them tomorrow.
16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I am very keen to do is to finish
Dr. Gregory, deal with the interlocutory matters and
17 finish Professor Wheelock. I am keen to do the
interlocutory matters or hear the argument on them
18 tomorrow, not just because I would like to leave the whole
of Friday for Professor Wheelock, but I may well be able
19 to give a decision straightaway, but if I want time to
think about it, I will take the time over Thursday evening
20 and give my decision on Friday morning. If any of the
argument is on Friday, there is a danger about Professor
21 Wheelock and there is just a danger that if there is
something which I want to think about I will not be able
22 to give the decision before we break off.
23 So, carry on, but bear that in mind. I am not, in fact,
personally making any criticism of the length of
24 cross-examination in relation to this witness. But if
there are areas where you think you can put the essence of
25 your point without following it up in detail, do not
hesitate to do so. If you want to explore something with
26 the witness because you think you will obtain from him
information which is useful to your case which you do not
27 have yet, if I may say so, you have had time to get
Dr. Gregory's measure, and if you come to the decision
28 that if you enquire about something you do not know about,
you are likely to get a candid answer from him, you might
29 just as well go straight to it.
30 MS. STEEL: Right. OK.
