Day 174 - 17 Oct 95 - Page 44
1 does not really indicate what they meant by it.
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3 Q. But all the previous correspondence has been addressed to
4 Mr. Trimble, the Manager?
5 A. Yes, I can see that. But I have no opinion as to why
6 they addressed it to the Manager.
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8 MS. STEEL: Just one other matter.
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10 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I had in mind is, you have asked quite a
11 lot of questions, and I need to know what the suggestion
12 is. I mean, are you suggesting that there is something
13 sinister about Mr. Trimble going abroad or not being
14 there? If so, I would like you, for instance, to put that
15 and put what Mr. Mehigan or his company had to gain by
16 Mr. Trimble's absence.
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18 MS. STEEL: I think I have already -- I mean, I have put that
19 that he was trying to delay the hearing so that Mr. Trimble
20 would have left and it is disputed. I have also put -----
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22 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That seems to me to be indirect.
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24 MR. MORRIS: I do not think they -- we are not saying that
25 Mr. Trimble -----
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27 MS. STEEL: I am not saying that he sacked him, although, I do
28 not know, for all I know, he might have done. But I have
29 put the other matter.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Putting that he delayed the matter so that
32 Mr. Trimble would have left the country -----
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34 MS. STEEL: And, also, tht he failed to get an affidavit or a
35 forwarding address or any attempt to get the witness there.
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Put what your case is in relation to this.
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39 MS. STEEL: Right.
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Because those may lead me to infer what your
42 case is, but I may draw the wrong inference. It is just
43 easier if you put it.
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45 MS. STEEL: OK. (To the witness) It suited you, did it not,
46 that Mr. Trimble was not available to give evidence,
47 because it meant that he could not be cross-examined as to
48 the fact that the proper dismissal procedure had not been
49 followed and that the real reason for the dismissal was
50 because of Mr. McCann's and Mr. Brian's union activity?
51 A. I think you asked me a few questions there in one, as
52 it were.
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54 Q. Sorry.
55 A. If you would like to take each point, I will try and
56 answer you.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The main thing, I think it is being suggested
59 to you that it suited you that Mr. Trimble would not be
60 there, because if he was there, gave evidence and was
