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1 Mr. Simmonds and Dr. Gomez Gonzalez. I am quite content
2 that the Defendants should see it, and make what use of it
3 they would wish for today's purposes. I only ask that
4 I get it back at the end of the day today so that I can
5 make copies.
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7 The only other thing, Dr. Gomez Gonzalez trawled his
8 briefcase with Mrs. Brinley-Codd's attendance. The only
9 relevant document that was found, apart from that one, is
10 an article from some kind of a journal about BSE and its
11 possible effects or not on humans. Whether anybody wants
12 it now, I do not know, but we do have copies of that.
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14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is not the easiest thing if someone can make
15 a copy of each of those and a copy just sometime during the
16 afternoon could be given to Ms. Steel and Mr. Morris so
17 that they can look at it.
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19 MR. RAMPTON: They can certainly have that article now. As your
20 Lordship will probably see, we are a bit shorthanded today.
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22 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I suggest, Mr. Morris. Take the
23 Dr. Pattison document away at the end of the day. If you
24 think you may need it for cross-examination tomorrow, come
25 back with a number of copies. If you think it can be left
26 for cross-examination of Dr. Pattison in due course, or
27 make copies in time for that.
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29 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, it is our only copy which is why I am a
30 bit concerned it should not -- we can ask somebody to go
31 and take copies now. Would that be the best thing?
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33 MR. MORRIS: I think so, yes.
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think it is probably better. If someone
36 could make two copies. Ms. Steel can have a copy and
37 Mr. Morris can have a copy. It will either come back into
38 the case or it will not.
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40 THE WITNESS: May I clarify just one subject, just for the
41 record? The article from which copies were made relates to
42 use of hormones in beef.
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44 Q. Yes. Leave it there for the moment; you may or may not be
45 asked about it.
46 A. OK.
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48 MR. RAMPTON: It is hormones -- not BSE, sorry.
49 A. That is no problem.
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51 MS. STEEL: I am curious as to why the only document that was
52 in the briefcase happened to be something saying that
53 hormones were supposedly safe, that was thought to be the
54 only relevant one to this case.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: In fact, I am not sure that is at all
57 discoverable because it is just an article. It has been
58 discovered to you.
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60 MS. STEEL: I just find it a bit strange that there was a big
