Day 258 - 07 Jun 96 - Page 29
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2 THE WITNESS: Yes.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It obviously means something else?
5 A. If it does, I am afraid, no.
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7 Q. But you do not know what?
8 A. I am afraid, no.
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10 MR. RAMPTON: If it matters, we can find it.
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Ignore it at the moment.
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14 MS. STEEL: Of course, if we had the raw data we could work it
15 out for ourselves. Obviously, that would help.
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Maybe. Thank you, Mr. Fairgrieve. You are
18 released.
19 (The witness withdrew)
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21 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I am so sorry. If maybe the release
22 could be momentarily. I am afraid if there is to be an
23 argument about discovery of raw data--
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do not know if there is at the moment
26 because I have heard nothing which makes me think that such
27 documentation, whether or not it could be obtained, is in
28 the custody, possession or power, of your clients. I have
29 to say that it might be helpful if Mr. Fairgrieve can
30 rustle up the information which led him to conclude that
31 approximately 38 per cent, as it were, of the population
32 went into McDonald's during the year, because that is --
33 I do not recall, though he may have done, Mr. Preston
34 saying 98 per cent. But I was left with the feeling that
35 he thought a very high proportion of the population went
36 in. I do not doubt that a substantial proportion of the
37 population passed through a McDonald's at least once a
38 year, but I was surprised that it was as high as that. I
39 have friends and family who use McDonald's and friends and
40 family who do not, but it seems to me there are quite
41 enough of them who do not to make anything like 90 per cent
42 sound a bit optimistic.
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44 MR. RAMPTON: An anecdotal experience would be much nearer to
45 the 38 per cent, I would think, on making comparisons.
46 I am not sure whether Mr. Preston was talking in terms of
47 annual visits but I--
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If one looked at--
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51 MS. STEEL: I think Mr. Fairgrieve said it as well, actually.
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53 THE WITNESS: I can clarify that.
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55 MR. RAMPTON: He can clarify the point.
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He had better come back into the witness box
58 to do it.
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60 (The witness returned to the witness box)
