Day 169 - 04 Oct 95 - Page 51
1 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just pause a moment.
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3 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, what I had in mind was -----
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5 MR. MORRIS: Can I ask a question as well?
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7 MR. RAMPTON: What I had mind was the second paragraph on page 4
8 of Mr. Cranna's statement.
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10 MR. MORRIS: Mrs. French.
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes it is, on my copy of the fax it has
13 "page 02" in the bottom left-hand corner.
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15 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, my Lord, that is right.
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do think you should put the substance of
18 the second paragraph on that page because, granted, that
19 Mr. Cranna appears to have got his management the wrong way
20 round, it does appear to me that one of the two posts held
21 there was held by Mrs. French in the year in question. The
22 Area Supervisor is next above the Store Manager. What
23 Mr. Cranna refers to as Area Manager, I think he probably
24 means Senior Supervisor, which is higher above still. But
25 assuming that he has the titles of the post confused, that
26 is what it appears to me to cover on my reading of the
27 statement. If that is so, Mrs. French held one of those
28 posts at the relevant time. So it is only right to put
29 that to her. What I will do is I will take the five minute
30 break now and you can collect your thoughts about it.
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32 MR. MORRIS: I would prefer to carry on actually.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Would you? Fair enough.
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36 MR. MORRIS: As long as the stenographer does not mind.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. We have had one or two pauses anyway.
39 If you want a break, say so. On the basis of that, I am
40 not going to force the pace. If we finish Mrs. French this
41 afternoon you can have tomorrow as a preparation day and we
42 should have no trouble dealing with Friday's witness. Do
43 you have anything to say about that, Mr. Rampton?
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45 MR. RAMPTON: No, my Lord. Friday's witness, hypothetically at
46 least, will be extremely short.
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It will give you more time to get ready for
49 next week.
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51 MR. MORRIS: (To the witness) You said in your statement that
52 sales and labour targets are projected by the Store Manager
53 on a weekly and monthly basis and not imposed from above as
54 Cranna suggests. When they are projected by the Store
55 Manager, that is done in consultation with people higher
56 up, whether it was yourself or whether it was a Supervisor?
57 A. What, on a weekly basis?
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59 Q. You tell us; would it be on a weekly basis or a monthly
60 basis?
