Day 250 - 15 May 96 - Page 49
1 say, 'Hang on I want to check this' to see?
2 A. No.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You must stand up. In respect only to Mr.
5 Nicholson for the sake of our procedure.
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7 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, you are relying entirely on what you saw in
8 the front cover as being the leaflet, basically?
9 A. Yes, yes, that is true.
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11 MR. MORRIS: Can we hand it up to the witness? (Handed).
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13 MS. STEEL: That is the leaflet?
14 A. No, that is not the leaflet. I am saying I have never
15 seen any of the leaflets with that frontispiece on it.
16 That is not the leaflet complained of.
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: As I understand it, wherever this came from,
19 that is not the leaflet you were handed when you came round
20 the corner; that is what you are saying?
21 A. That is what I am saying.
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23 MR. MORRIS: But the leaflet that Ms. Steel was holding -----
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25 MS. STEEL: The witness has said that he did not obtain a copy
26 from me of the leaflet -----
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I know. It is what I make of all the
29 evidence, the whole jigsaw when put together.
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31 MR. MORRIS: For the record, that is the Veggies' version of the
32 fact sheet.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, I am making a note of that.
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36 MS. STEEL: Which is identical on its front cover.
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38 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, may we now be told, finally, whether it
39 is Ms. Steel's case that -----
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, when she comes to the end of her
42 cross-examination, if she has not put it, I will ask her
43 to.
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45 MR. RAMPTON: Very well, my Lord.
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But she has an opportunity yet to do so.
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49 MS. STEEL: Your first statement, Mr. Nicholson, what was the
50 purpose of that?
51 A. Well, the proof of evidence was taken in 1990.
52 I think, if I remember correctly, I signed it in 1993,
53 which was when Barlows were preparing the papers for court,
54 and that would be the purpose of my statement. I deal in
55 part with publication and in great depth with personnel
56 matters, employment matters, and that is what the statement
57 was prepared for.
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59 Q. The purpose of the publication matters ---
60 A. Yes.
