Day 265 - 19 Jun 96 - Page 17


     
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     2   Q.   Secretary in the Civil Service sense, not in the office
     3        sense?
     4        A.   If you mean as it were the secretariat sense.
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     6   Q.   Yes?
     7        A.   Yes, certainly.
     8
     9   Q.   Can you tell me when the report, Food Nutrition and the
    10        Prevention of Cancer: A Global Perspective, is likely to be
    11        published?
    12        A.   Yes, May next year.
    13
    14   Q.   Yes.  Thank you, Mr. Cannon.
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  Thank you for coming back, Mr. Cannon.
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    18   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, the only thing to mention now before it
    19        leaves my head --
    20
    21   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No.  This does not concern Mr. Cannon?
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    23   MR. RAMPTON:  No, no.
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    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   Take anything that is yours but leave the
    26        rest there.
    27
    28                          (Witness withdrew)
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    30   MR. RAMPTON:  I mentioned the other day that there was another
    31        case besides the Modal report in one of your Lordship's...
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    33   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Mr. Atkinson 'phoned it through to Mr. Glenn
    34        and it was a judgment of...
    35
    36   MR. RAMPTON:   Mr. Justice Bingham.
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    38   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Mr. Justice Bingham.
    39
    40   MS. STEEL:  What is this judgment about?
    41
    42   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   It was on the question of expert evidence.
    43
    44   MS. STEEL:  It is just nobody notified us about-----
    45
    46   MR. RAMPTON:   I am not referring to it.  Ms. Steel should calm
    47        down.
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    49   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I asked, I should be told sometime this
    50        morning, but I said I would appreciate knowing on the 
    51        'phone yesterday so I could look at it, which in fact I 
    52        did. 
    53
    54   MR. RAMPTON:  Good.  It is called H.3 v Shearing Chemicals
    55        Limited, 1983, 1 WLR 143.  Alternatively, 1983 1 AER 849.
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    57   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just so I can explain to the defendants what
    58        I understand the point to be.  I do not want to enter into
    59        a discussion of it now.  I was very anxious to get on with
    60        Mr. Cannon's evidence and leave that for later.  But do you

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