Day 184 - 06 Nov 95 - Page 56
1 can pick up an application, and you have to just fill out
2 the answers, like, questions about how much you are making
3 and how much of it goes where, type thing; and you hand it
4 in to the courthouse, because they have certain lawyers
5 reserved for legal aid cases.
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7 Q. Chris Broom applied on behalf of everybody, all the
8 intervenors?
9 A. Right. He applied -----
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11 Q. In one go, on one form?
12 A. Pardon?
13
14 Q. He did that all in one go, on one form, or something?
15 A. Yes. I was not there when he filled it out or picked
16 it up, so I am not sure how he did it.
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18 Q. "Following this, lawyers Parkinson, Parkinson and Pugsley
19 were instructed on our behalf, although to this day I do
20 not know who made these arrangements or who paid the
21 lawyers."
22
23 You were in touch with the -- you met the parents, did you?
24 A. I met -----
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26 Q. Mr. and Mrs. Morris and Chris Broom's father?
27 A. Yes.
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29 Q. During this time?
30 A. Well, the only parents I came into contact with myself
31 was Mr. and Mrs. Morris.
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33 Q. Right. Who did you ask about who made the arrangements and
34 paid for the lawyers?
35 A. I asked Chris Broom. He said that he had gotten them
36 and they were going to take on our case, and I said, "How
37 are we going to pay for them", and he said he had applied
38 for legal aid. Then, about a week later, he said we were
39 denied the legal aid, and I said, "How are we going to pay
40 for them then", and he said, "I do not know. Let us wait
41 until this is over and then maybe we can all -- you know,
42 I will put in a certain amount of money and maybe ask the
43 parents for help to pay for our lawyers" -- for our lawyer,
44 sorry.
45
46 Q. You have said in your statement: "Following the failure of
47 legal aid, lawyers were instructed on our behalf, although
48 to this day I do not know who made these arrangements or
49 who paid for the lawyers." Chris Broom did not know -- is
50 that correct -- who paid for the lawyers, who arranged for
51 them to represent you?
52 A. Not that I -- I have asked him, and he said he does not
53 know.
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55 Q. So they appeared out of thin air, did they?
56 A. Who?
57
58 Q. These lawyers?
59 A. No. He went to them, I believe; like, as far as
60 I know, he went to them.
