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     1        know -- I will check.
     2
     3   MR. MORRIS:  That came into force in June 1986, the £1.99
     4        provincial rate.
     5
     6   MS. STEEL:   It is pink 12, and I think it was Mr. Nicholson who
     7        said that these were all the minimum rates for the company
     8        between 1983 and 1992.  According to that, the minimum rate
     9        from June 1985 to June 1986 should have been £1.94, and Mr.
    10        Alimi -- if you look at the first page of Defendants'
    11        document 117 which is slightly illegible, it is either
    12        £1.78 an hour or £1.88 an hour and that was in October 1985
    13        -- was over 18.  So there seems to be some discrepancy
    14        there.  Bearing in mind that most of these crew salary
    15        history rates were based on the minimum wage levels, it
    16        would indicate that the minimum wage would have been £1.94
    17        an hour from June 1985.  But taking Mr. Alimi's basic rate
    18        for this fortnight of the 22.2.1986, if he worked 98.94
    19        hours at a basic rate of £1.93 that would be 78 hours
    20        coming to a total of ----
    21
    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If you are giving me figures, unless they are
    23        written down, take them slowly.  98.94?
    24
    25   MS. STEEL:   98.94 hours at a basic rate -- well, his basic rate
    26        at that time was £1.93 which is, as I have said, a penny
    27        under the rate which Mr. Nicholson has in his chart; 78
    28        hours at £1.93 would be £150.54, plus 20.94 hours, being
    29        the balance after you have taken away the 39 hours a week
    30        basic, at £2.90 an hour, which would be time and a half --
    31        actually that £2.90 -- I was doing these in a real hurry
    32        this afternoon.
    33
    34   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, can I make a suggestion and it is
    35        supposed to be helpful.  I am going to hand in with my
    36        closing speech some detailed calculations of all the Alimi
    37        payslips which we think we have done on the right basis.
    38        That is one area I would have thought where your Lordship
    39        might say to the defendants, "My Lord, have a look at these
    40        and see if you think the calculations are right.  If you
    41        do, then there is no problem; if you do not, give the
    42        reasons why not", and pass up an alternative calculation.
    43
    44   MS. STEEL:   Actually, it is right, sorry.  I take it back.
    45
    46   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you want to take the opportunity of what
    47        Mr. Rampton has just suggested?
    48
    49   MS. STEEL:  I only have two examples that I have worked out at
    50        the moment anyway that I was going to give you, so I can do
    51        it fairly quickly.  But 20.94 hours at £2.90 an hour, which
    52        would be time and a half, would be another £60.73 which
    53        would give you a total of £211.27 and his gross pay cheque
    54        was only for £207.42.
    55
    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  How does that compare with the figure I did,
    57        those sums I did?
    58
    59   MS. STEEL:  I cannot find the sheet of your figures, to be
    60        honest.

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