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1 of these Government reports. For instance, one or two of
2 the ones I was being referred to 21 months ago or 18 months
3 ago, I know there have been Government publications since
4 which have changed the recommendations there. They have not
5 been introduced into evidence, but the only safe course for
6 me is to make my judgment according to the admissible
7 evidence I have heard in this court; I cannot make it
8 according to what appears in Government recommendations.
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10 MR. MORRIS: Do you happen to know the reason why the Plaintiffs
11 in this case decided not to call Colin Clarke, their own
12 expert on food poisoning?
13 A. We talked about witnesses this morning being called.
14 That is a matter strictly for counsel. I have left that
15 totally to them.
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17 Q. Right. Mr. Clarke is someone who has advised McDonald's
18 outside the court, has he not? He has given advice about
19 food safety matters?
20 A. I could not say that I know Mr. Clarke. The name is
21 not familiar to me. He may have consulted the Company, but
22 I do not personally know him.
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24 Q. You can put that last file away, please, thank you. I would
25 like to get out Defendants' list of documents bundle 3.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: This is the original one; is it?
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29 MS. STEEL: Yes.
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31 THE WITNESS: This one we had this morning, are we finished with
32 it for now?
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Put them all on one side. I will ask
35 Mr. Riley to put them away, if he would be so kind, and you
36 just concentrate on number 3, please?
37 A. OK.
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39 MR. MORRIS: If you can in that file to a document number 81.
40 It is a series of press reports?
41 A. OK, 81.
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43 Q. Unfortunately, the page numbers are not numbered but I will
44 just see if I can find it. About a third of the way
45 through following grazing in Peckham and McDonald's moving
46 to hospitals, there should be a very large two page thing
47 from the Daily Mirror entitled "What Whoppers"?
48 A. OK.
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50 Q. Everyone has got them.
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52 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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54 MR. MORRIS: This one?
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is about a quarter way through.
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58 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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60 MR. RAMPTON: I have only got one article in that tab.
