Day 278 - 11 Jul 96 - Page 29
1 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think you are in the wrong bundle,
2 Mr. Morris.
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4 MR. MORRIS: 1B.
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, 99. Very near the top?
7 A. I think it was written by New Zealand John.
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9 MR. RAMPTON: It says, "Enclosed are a number of leaflets". It
10 says, "Dear friends, enclosed are a number of leaflets,
11 including one about Mclibel's support campaign set out to
12 support the two people who are being taken to court by
13 McDonald's for alleged libel."
14 A. Yes.
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16 Q. So, whatever its date it comes after January 1991 when the
17 other three settled does it not?
18 A. Yes.
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20 MR. MORRIS: Can I just ask which bit was meant to be my
21 handwriting?
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23 MR. RAMPTON: The date. I don't know that it is--
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25 MR. MORRIS: No, is it not my handwriting.
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27 MR. RAMPTON: You can give evidence about that in due course,
28 Mr. Morris.
29 A. As I said, I think this was done by New Zealand John.
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31 Q. "Enclosed are a number of leaflets including one about the
32 Mclibel support group campaign set up to support the two
33 people who are being taken to court by McDonald's for
34 alleged libel." That is you and Mr. Morris is it not? You
35 see in the next paragraph there is a reference to the
36 Mclibel two?
37 A. Yes.
38
39 Q. You will have seen this, no doubt, before it went out would
40 you not?
41 A. Probably.
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43 Q. And then the fourth paragraph says, "Also enclosed is a
44 leaflet about McDonald's which we will be handing out
45 outside their head office on October 16th. Feel free to
46 use it to make your own leaflet for your local picket.
47 Everything in the leaflet is true and is based on books,
48 articles and research. However, it does contain statements
49 similar to those McDonald's are suing us over, such as..."
50 and it gives a list. And then it says at the beginning of
51 the next paragraph, "We stand by everything said in the
52 leaflet and we urge others to do the same and to refuse to
53 bow to intimidation."
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55 The "we" in those paragraphs or -- sorry, in that
56 sentence, must be you and Mr. Morris must it not?
57 A. Where are "we"? No, it is talking about Greenpeace
58 London.
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60 Q. You do not stand by what was in the leaflet?
