Day 174 - 17 Oct 95 - Page 48
1 dismissal?
2 A. No. I depended on Mr. Trimble and Mr. Cullen that it
3 was done correctly.
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5 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just pause a moment, please, because I want to
6 look at what the application to the Rights Commissioner
7 complained of. The reason is, I may be wrong, but
8 I thought the complaint was about dismissal for union
9 activities, rather than not the correct procedures. Let us
10 just look. I am looking at page 1156 at the moment.
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12 MS. STEEL: Mr. McCann does say in his statement as well
13 about -----
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, but this is presumably what the -- chase
16 it up if you want. Let me just remind myself. It is not
17 easy to read it. Why do you not put that? Ask Mr. Mehigan
18 to look at that and see if he knew the terms of the
19 reference.
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21 MS. STEEL: Which one?
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is page 1156 in tab 62.
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25 MS. STEEL: Yes.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I will not trample on your
28 cross-examination. Take it further if you like. Do you
29 want me to put it?
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31 MS. STEEL: Yes, if you want to.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: (To the witness) Look at page 1156, please,
34 Mr. Mehigan.
35 A. Yes, my Lord.
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37 Q. Do you remember ever seeing that or being told the contents
38 of it?
39 A. Yes, I would imagine I saw it after it arrived.
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41 Q. I will read it through, in case you have any trouble.
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43 "The grounds of my claim: I feel that I was treated
44 unfairly re my dismissal. I had arranged for somebody to
45 work a day for me when I was unable to work. I was later
46 dismissed without any warning" -- remember that bit -- "it
47 was also my first time to have had any such problems while
48 working for McDonald's. This was used as a pretext to
49 dismiss me because of my trade union activity."
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51 The last bit is in block capitals. But it does say he was
52 dismissed without any warning. Do you remember -- what can
53 you tell me about that?
54 A. The only thing I can tell you, your Lordship, is,
55 reflecting on the note that David Trimble gave to his
56 supervisor, that he had been warned a number of times and
57 not just once. I think in Mr. Trimble's notes he says he
58 was warned.
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60 MR. MORRIS: Which page are we looking at?
