Day 152 - 11 Jul 95 - Page 69
1 we will actually, if it is not clear on the transcript or
2 from your Lordship's note, then we will find out what the
3 reality is and we will prove it, if we have to.
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5 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The point which occurs to me is two: First
6 of all, if I have made an erroneous note on a document
7 I would like to correct it; secondly, if we wait until
8 final speeches, and then it turns out that there is some
9 doubt about the evidence, it will be too late to call a
10 witness into the witness box to give any further evidence
11 on it.
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13 MR. MORRIS: My understanding of the situation, from memory, is
14 that it was assumed it was over a three month period by the
15 witness that originally brought it in, and I think another
16 witness contradicted that or gave a more detailed opinion
17 on it. I think, therefore, referring to one reference in
18 the transcript may favour the Plaintiffs, or whatever,
19 would not necessarily be ----
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Then we must find the references you have in
22 mind, because -- well, all I will say is I think it is
23 important to be clear what the evidence is in time to have
24 further evidence if it is important to either side.
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26 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I would like at the end of the day to say
27 a few words about scheduling, if that is all right.
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will have a quarter hour break now. We
30 will aim to finish the evidence for the day at about
31 four o'clock. Then you will have further time to talk to
32 Mr. Alemi tonight, and we can talk a bit about scheduling
33 as well. 25 past three by that clock.
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35 (Short Adjournment).
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: In case it helps, Mrs. Mead dealt with
38 document E on day 133, which is 12th June, from page 20
39 onwards, and she returned to it in cross-examination on day
40 134, which is 13th June, from page 20 onwards. I think it
41 is pretty clear, if one looks at those parts of the
42 transcript, working for some reason on the basis that
43 percentage figures were just for the week before the
44 quarter day, she made a reference to the payroll week which
45 might deserve checking since we know payrolls were done on
46 a fortnightly basis.
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48 When I was asking her some questions, a particular question
49 on day 134, page 23, from lines 45 to 48 -- I think this is
50 in relation to the percentage you work no hours -- I said,
51 "That is just the week before the quarter date, is it
52 not?" She said, "Yes, it is". At the top of the following
53 page, that is page 24, lines 1 to 4, Mr. Morris asking
54 about another percentage, one of the larger percentages for
55 longer hours, referred to that being a percentage in that
56 quarter and Mrs. Mead said, "Yes, in that week before the
57 end of the quarter."
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59 It may very well be that elsewhere, in either her evidence
60 or the evidence of another witness, evidence has been given
