Day 173 - 16 Oct 95 - Page 25
1 A. I had never had any experience of getting an injunction
2 before, but I used the same firm of solicitors.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I know what is being put to you: you could go
5 to a decent Dublin solicitor who, if he or she wanted to,
6 could go to a member of the Irish Bar who had some
7 particular expertise in employment law. Where did
8 Mr. Stein come into all that?
9 A. From recollection, the solicitor advised me to seek as
10 much help as I could and he was aware of the agreement
11 I had with McDonald's and the advice and the various people
12 that I could use, and I suggested that I contact him.
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14 MS. STEEL: Who else from outside the McDonald's Company came
15 over to give you advice?
16 A. Steve Copeland; he visited to advise me on labour
17 relations matters.
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19 Q. He stayed over there for some time, did he not?
20 A. He stayed for a while, yes. I cannot recollect exactly
21 how long, but he stayed for a while.
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23 Q. Weeks, months?
24 A. No, certainly not months.
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26 Q. Not months?
27 A. He might have stayed a week, two weeks, perhaps.
28 I cannot recall. It was a long time ago.
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30 Q. Mr. Stein said that he stayed for about seven or eight
31 days. Does that accord with your recollection?
32 A. I think he possibly did. There was a lot happening at
33 the time, so I cannot be specific how long people stayed,
34 because we had a pretty bad situation on our hands and
35 I was spending an awful lot of time just running the
36 business.
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38 MR. MORRIS: You said before that Mr. Stein only came for one or
39 two days, or one or two occasions. So is it possible
40 that -----
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. In fact, he first of all said he came on
43 one occasion, but it was possible that it was more than
44 one, to the best of his recollection.
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46 MR. MORRIS: Right. So if Mr. Stein says that he came for seven
47 or eight days, is it possible that you just do not remember
48 how long ---
49 A. I cannot recall how long it was.
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51 Q. -- he stayed?
52 A. Yes. I mean, it is a long time ago. I would not
53 remember details like that.
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55 MS. STEEL: Was there anybody else other than Mr. Stein and
56 Mr. Copeland that visited to assist you?
57 A. It would probably have been the normal type of visits
58 from equipment and construction advisers. We were -----
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60 Q. But in relation to the strike?
