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     1        out -- if you can provide one tomorrow afternoon and do it
     2        overnight, so much the better -- but, at least, a schedule
     3        which gives us some useful indication of how long we are
     4        likely to take.
     5
     6        As I think you have probably been told, we are going to
     7        start next term a day-and-a-half later than we might
     8        otherwise have done for reasons which relate to my
     9        movements.  But I certainly think that can wait until
    10        Monday morning.
    11
    12        The question of the amendment, I think, can too.  I can see
    13        some attraction in having a half day on Monday to discuss
    14        these things and get into the argument, if need be, on
    15        amendment.  You have also a point on documents.  I forget
    16        his name -- is it Mr. Bennett or Burnett looked at Jarret?
    17
    18   MR. MORRIS:  About the earliest I could physically get here is
    19        10.15 at a rush.  If it is necessary for tomorrow --
    20        obviously, in general it is a bit of hard work, but I can
    21        do it for tomorrow if that helps.
    22
    23   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We will start Mr. Bowes at 10.15 tomorrow
    24        morning.  If we have time at the end of the day to move on
    25        to procedural matters, whether they are scheduling or
    26        matters like amendment or documentation, we will do so.  In
    27        any event, I will provisionally say that we will come back
    28        to those on Monday morning before we actually start, is it
    29        Mr. Chambers or Mr. Kenny?
    30
    31   MR. RAMPTON:  No, it is Mr. Chambers.
    32
    33   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I know there was a shuffling and I could not
    34        remember which way round it was.
    35
    36   MR. RAMPTON:  What we have done -- well, it does not matter.  I
    37        will not waste time.  It is Chambers followed by Kenny
    38        followed by Pattison followed by Bennett.
    39
    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Would you be able to say, without in any way
    41        arguing it, at close of play tomorrow, Mr. Rampton, which
    42        amendments you object to or which parts?
    43
    44   MR. RAMPTON:  I can certainly do that.  The reason why I said I
    45        would have quite a lot to say is that the amendments, some
    46        I object to, particularly some parts of some.  That is
    47        easy.  But the question is then for such as might be
    48        allowed (and there are other reasons, perhaps, why they
    49        ought not to be) there arise questions of discovery, one
    50        might be thought to arise questions of discovery, and I am 
    51        afraid I have quite a lot to say about that. 
    52 
    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  That may be so.  All I am suggesting is if in
    54        the closing minutes of tomorrow afternoon we could each get
    55        out the two sheets upon which there appear those 15
    56        proposed amendments, I could put red ink brackets around
    57        the ones you object to and Mr. Morris and Ms. Steel could
    58        do.  At least we could see the scope of it.  I am not
    59        asking you to do it now.
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