Day 199 - 11 Dec 95 - Page 12
1 who agreed that no overt union activity will be allowed on
2 McDonald's premises; is that the way you saw it as well?
3 A. Yes.
4
5 MR. RAMPTON: I do not think that is re-examination at all.
6
7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, it is not re-examination. It is just
8 putting something which a McDonald's witness has said to
9 this witness in an attempt to get him to harden up the
10 evidence which he has given which I am perfectly clear
11 about. I am not even making a note of this.
12
13 MR. MORRIS: It is just that Mr. Rampton characterised his
14 evidence completely in a false way when this witness has
15 stated -----
16
17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He did not; he put a suggestion to the
18 witness which the witness readily agreed with.
19
20 MR. MORRIS: You say "any active member of a union will not be
21 tolerated" in your statement and you stick by that, do
22 you?
23
24 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, that is not re-examination either, with
25 the greatest possible respect.
26
27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, it is not, Mr. Morris; I have spoken to
28 you before about re-examination. It is not just an
29 opportunity to get your witness to go through things again
30 underlining that which you think are important. I have
31 read every word of the statement. I have made a note of
32 what I think is important and the evidence which has come
33 out in court today. It just does not help me going through
34 the bits in re-examination which you want to stress. That
35 is not what the re-examination is for.
36
37 I have been pretty gentle about re-examination, but if you
38 keep on like this I am going to insist that you only use
39 re-examination for that which may have become unclear as a
40 result of cross-examination, or some completely new topic
41 which has come out of cross-examination which is what it is
42 really used for as well, what the purpose of re-examination
43 is.
44
45 There is a general feeling at the Bar that if someone
46 re-examines at great length, it is because they think their
47 witness has got himself in a pickle. I am sure you would
48 not want to create that impression and it is certainly not
49 necessary with Mr. Cranna.
50
51 MS. STEEL: I do not know that that is very fair thing, seeing
52 as the re-examination has taken less than a couple of
53 minutes and we have finished now anyway.
54
55 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I know, but if one minute 45 seconds of that
56 is elicit, then I propose to point it out. Leave it where
57 it is.
58
59 MR. MORRIS: No further questions.
60
