Day 190 - 23 Nov 95 - Page 47
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2 MR. MORRIS: I have asked him to come as early as possible, but
3 I did not specify he should be here at 10.30.
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5 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. What I would like you to do is let
6 Barlow Lyde & Gilbert and Mr. Glen, my clerk, know, shall
7 we say by half past four?
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9 MR. MORRIS: I will try. I cannot promise that of Mr. Baker.
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, what the situation is. If you have
12 Mr. Baker for 10.30 tomorrow morning, we will sit at 10.30
13 tomorrow morning. If you have not managed to contact
14 Mr. Baker -- if you have resolved the question of Melanie
15 O'Riordon in favour of her coming tomorrow morning, again
16 we will sit at 10.30 tomorrow morning. If you have not
17 resolved the problem over Melanie O'Riordon, and you have
18 not contacted Mr. Baker, we will sit at 2 o'clock tomorrow
19 and deal with Mr. Baker's evidence. But it is only right,
20 I think, that we should make a decision. What is the
21 latest -- I do not want the decision made after five
22 o'clock this evening, Mr. Rampton. Is that too late for
23 your convenience or Mrs. Brinley-Codd's?
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25 MR. RAMPTON: No, it is not too late. I have no strong feelings
26 about it at all, except that I do not want to come to court
27 tomorrow morning if there is not a witness.
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. Do you understand what I am saying?
30 Make it by five o'clock.
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32 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If we have a witness, be it Miss O'Riordon or
35 Mr. Baker, for 10.30 tomorrow morning we will sit at
36 10.30. If we have not, we will sit at 2 o'clock to hear
37 Mr. Baker, but I would like you to communicate with
38 Mrs. Brinley-Codd ---
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40 MR. MORRIS: One way or the other.
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: -- and then ring Mr. Glen, so that
43 Mr. Rampton and Mrs. Brinley-Codd know when to come
44 tomorrow and I know when to come into court tomorrow.
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46 MS. STEEL: Can I just say one thing? It is not on this; it is
47 about the judgment the other day. On page 19 in the
48 summary of what our arguments were, number 5, "The words
49 across the McDonald's arches were designed merely to catch
50 the eye and not to encourage people to read the rest of the
51 leaflet." I certainly said that it was to encourage people
52 to read the rest of the leaflet, and I think the "not" is a
53 mistake, unless you think that is what I said. But I am
54 certain that it is not.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you have any recollection in relation to
57 that, Mr. Rampton?
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59 MR. RAMPTON: No, my Lord, I am afraid I do not. I genuinely do
60 not. What I can do is to -- I am not particularly keen to
