Day 118 - 01 May 95 - Page 84


     
     1        difficulty we may face in relation to that is this, that or
     2        the other so one is steering him in a certain direction.
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     4   MR. MORRIS:  If it could be said we should get a copy of those
     5        references, because, to be honest, I cannot remember all
     6        the times when someone said: "You should ask Mr. Beavers
     7        about that" or whatever.  So I think if he is going to have
     8        that benefit then we should have that as well.
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    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No, that is just the preparation of
    11        McDonald's case on their behalf.  If they want to give them
    12        to you with a view to you seeing what areas you may be
    13        keyed up with that is entirely a matter for them, but it is
    14        just preparation of the case.  It saves him having to read
    15        all the transcripts and fish around for himself.
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    17   MS. STEEL:  The only thing I would say is that if witnesses have
    18        said: "You ought to ask Mr. Beavers about that", presumably
    19        that would be because Mr. Beavers is the person who knows
    20        about that, so he should not need to read the transcripts
    21        to find out about it.
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    23   MR. MORRIS:  We are a bit concerned because it is open to abuse
    24        in that he could be forewarned of the specific things that
    25        the Plaintiffs are concerned about, that he should gen up
    26        on, when in fact, as Ms. Steel said, he should know about
    27        all those relevant matters anyway.
    28
    29   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not think it will do any harm and I have
    30        absolutely no objection to you taking the same course with
    31        any one of your witnesses who is going to be recalled.   We
    32        do not even have the gist of the problem with someone who
    33        is not going to be called yet because you can talk to the
    34        witness, but one has just to judge whether it will distort
    35        the evidence a witness is likely to give, and I cannot see
    36        it doing so in the case of Mr. Beavers.
    37
    38   MR. RAMPTON:  No more my Lord than it would have done if he been
    39        sitting in court throughout the trial and had taken a note
    40        whenever his name was mentioned, which he would be
    41        perfectly entitled to do.
    42
    43   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I honestly cannot see it doing any harm in
    44        this case so by all means follow that, but obviously there
    45        will be no further comment apart from saying, in effect,
    46        you need not read the whole transcripts just these bits.
    47
    48   MR. RAMPTON:  They will probably be yellow-flagged.
    49
    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We will resume at 10.30. 
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    52             (The court adjourned until the following day). 
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