Day 187 - 13 Nov 95 - Page 43
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2 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I have put "Brett query" and "Cranner query".
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4 MR. MORRIS: I am quite prepared to dislodge that.
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I hope you will not have to, I hasten to
7 add, but we cannot rely on having those days free.
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9 MR. MORRIS: I understand that. But I thought it prudent at
10 least to fix some provisionally, partly because the
11 Plaintiffs are continuously harassing me to get our
12 witnesses scheduled. Mr. Duncan, we are considering. We
13 are also considering whether we need to call Mr. Cantor and
14 Mr. Bowland; and they are certainly going to be called this
15 week at 24 hours' notice to come from halfway round the
16 world -- which leaves Mr. Shafibek and the Harrisons.
17 Mr. Shafibek cannot make any time until January, because he
18 is in the middle of a Masters Degree or something, and,
19 unless ordered to do so, I cannot schedule him against his
20 availability. The Harrisons I was hoping to call in those
21 spaces at the end of term. As I say, I am waiting for an
22 indication on which days you would prefer us to call our
23 Colchester witnesses. I was trying to get all the
24 Colchester witnesses that are outstanding all in one block,
25 as I have been asked to do.
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27 So, really, I cannot see what Mr. Rampton is making so much
28 fuss about, over nothing, except that he is trying to throw
29 some kind of aspersions about our witness Miss Tobin. But
30 he is quite capable, in any event, in asking: "Is your film
31 an accurate portrayal of what you have seen", and she will
32 give evidence one way or the other. So I do not think
33 there is any problem there, in terms of credit or
34 whatever. If Mr. Rampton gets copies of the transcripts
35 and it is absolutely dynamite, he can destroy our whole
36 case with it, then presumably he can ask for Anne Tobin to
37 be recalled -- which I think is extremely unlikely. But we
38 are prepared to accede if you make an order that she not be
39 released until the Plaintiffs have been given a few extra
40 weeks on top of the eight weeks they have already had.
41 I cannot really see any problem with it at all, in fact.
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Remind me what the full name of the film was
44 again -- One Every Mile?
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46 MR. MORRIS: One Every Mile.
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That was the whole title?
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50 MR. MORRIS: Yes. It is true that we have no contact with
51 Jane Gabriel any longer. I was asked by her not to contact
52 her. I did fax through a request that Patty Brindley-Codd
53 asked me to send to her, and her reply to me was: "I have
54 told you I do not want any contact." I am not going to do
55 that again.
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Thank you.
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59 (See separate transcript for ruling)
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