Day 174 - 17 Oct 95 - Page 54


     
     1   MR. RAMPTON:  Mrs. Norris as she now is, yes.
     2
     3   MR. MORRIS:  Can someone who has a better copy say what it says
     4        in the top left-hand corner?  "This person" something or
     5        other, "compensation".  "This person" ----
     6
     7   MR. RAMPTON:  -- "may claim compensation", could it be?  That is
     8        pure guesswork.  It might be, I do not know.
     9
    10   MR. MORRIS:  It does look like that.
    11
    12   MR. RAMPTON:  It could be.  We do not know.
    13
    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you.  You are expecting to see
    15        Mr. North, are you, shortly?
    16
    17   MR. MORRIS:  I am hoping.  It is not guaranteed.  There was
    18        something else I was hoping to bring up.
    19
    20   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I am sorry, I have not finished if
    21        Mr. Morris is starting on a new matter.  Your Lordship
    22        asked me to track down the origin of the pleading at (b) on
    23        page 22 of this part of the abstract, where it says
    24        "Ireland, Dublin 1978, 85p Irish per hour".  Does your
    25        Lordship remember that?
    26
    27   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    28
    29   MR. RAMPTON:  To cut a long paper chase short, what happened was
    30        that the original pleading was that the rates of pay for
    31        employees covered by the Wages Council are at or near the
    32        minimum prescribed rates.  After a number of requests for
    33        particulars and answers, and so on, this was a response to
    34        a request for particulars of the rates of pay relied on
    35        which were alleged to fit that description.  I do not think
    36        there is any dispute that in Dublin at that time, and
    37        certainly in 1979, or in Ireland, although Dublin I think
    38        is probably an exception as it happens, 85p was the minimum
    39        rate.
    40
    41   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you.
    42
    43   MR. RAMPTON:  The only other thing I may have to raise -- and it
    44        is a weary old perennial, I am afraid -- is time tabling --
    45        scheduling, that is to say.  I am getting a bit concerned
    46        that the only defendants' witnesses that I know about,
    47        apart from the French people in November, are Mr. Whittle
    48        tomorrow and Mr. Turnbull on Thursday.  I do not even know
    49        which days of the week Mr. Morris wants to call evidence
    50        next week, let alone who the witnesses are. 
    51 
    52   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What is the situation?  The sooner we know 
    53        about next week the better, because everyone has to make
    54        arrangements.  I said it should be at your option, but
    55        people need to know.  What is the situation now?
    56
    57   MR. MORRIS:  The situation is that I had originally scheduled
    58        Mr. Pearson there, but because of difficulties he has he
    59        has now been moved back to 31st October and 1st November,
    60        which means that I am trying to get somebody else or two

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