Day 256 - 04 Jun 96 - Page 89
1 start again on Thursday morning, subject to any momentary
2 hiccups which occur without anyone being able to avoid
3 them, we really have a straight run through to complete the
4 evidence.
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6 So, give a bit of thought to that, and I would like to
7 discuss it on Thursday morning. If there is any difficulty
8 of any kind, I want you to let me know about it so I can
9 think of ways of getting round it.
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11 MR. MORRIS: I have to go. Can I leave?
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, do.
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15 MR. RAMPTON: Can I say this, that with regard to the additional
16 publication statements, it arises only because the
17 Defendants -- it would not arise otherwise, not in any
18 significant way -- plainly there is a possibility that
19 there will be things in those additional publication
20 statements which my publication witnesses ought to prepare
21 to deal with them, and I do not want them sprung on them,
22 because it would not be fair to me or to them, while they
23 are in the witness box. If the Defendants are going
24 to -----
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26 MS. STEEL: Can I say two things off the top of my head. I do
27 not know whether it is relevant or not, but in terms of the
28 witnesses who may be coming next week, firstly, that Alan
29 Clare and Roy Anthony Pocklington both took the minutes on
30 several occasions. I do not know whether this particularly
31 matters, but that will be something that will be put to
32 them.
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34 The more particular thing is that Alan Clare said that
35 I attended the meeting on 14th June 1990; and I know for a
36 fact that I did not, because I was on holiday. Well, it is
37 in the statement that I am in the process of writing. But
38 if the Plaintiffs want to know, they can put that to
39 Mr. Clare and see what he has to say about it this week
40 when they speak to him.
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I seem to have some recollection that a few
43 days ago, when we were talking about this topic, I said
44 that if there was delay in getting out supplemental
45 statements, you should at least be able to give a list of
46 events or topics which you expected to put to the
47 Plaintiffs publication witnesses, if you had not got them
48 into statement form. I merely repeat what I said. I want
49 to talk this over just for ten minutes or quarter of an
50 hour first thing Thursday morning to see where we are.
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52 MS. STEEL: The other points which might be in the statement,
53 I do not know if they relate to witnesses coming next week
54 -- for example, things about Michelle Hooker, how long she
55 attended the meetings. I know some of our witnesses that
56 I have spoken to said that she was continuing to attend
57 meetings until May 1991, which obviously is longer than
58 what Mr. Nicholson said; and that will be in the
59 statements. But that is not really something that we can
60 ask the other four inquiry agents about, because it is not
