Day 007 - 06 Jul 94 - Page 91
1 (The witness withdrew)
2 MISS STEEL: We notice that we seem to have lost a lot of pages
on the computer.
3
MR. JUSTICE BELL: I was going to ask about that at the end of
4 the day because I did not notice when it happened, but on
my notes I was on 156 at one time, then 59 a little later.
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MR. MORRIS: I think yesterday we lost half a day's notes.
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: There we are. We are all fallible.
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MR. MORRIS: Can we bring up the matter of Mr. Hopkins?
8 Mr. Hopkins was in court today and he was excepting to be
listening to Mr. Mallinson tomorrow. I do not what we are
9 going to do because I think it would be extremely unfair
if Mr. Mallinson -- if Mr. Hopkins could not see him.
10 Mr. Hopkins if he could be heard, obviously he should not
be heard before Mr. Mallinson. Mr. Mallinson, until very
11 recently, was due to be on tomorrow until yesterday, as
far as I understood it. I do not know what the situation
12 is now.
13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. What is the position, Mr. Rampton?
Obviously it is to advantage if they can be here at the
14 same time.
15 MR.RAMPTON: I follow that. I am not anxious to be obstructive
at all. It would be an advantage to the defendants but
16 Mr. Mallinson, like Mr. Hopkins, is an independent person
with a life of his own. My understanding is, I will be
17 corrected if I am wrong, that Monday is the only day he
can do, or not? My primary concern, my Lord, is that
18 Mr. Langert should not be held up. I am content, if it be
convenient to Mr. Mallinson, that he should start when
19 Mr. Langert has finished. It is my intention to start
Mr. Langert tomorrow after Professor Duxbury. If
20 Professor Duxbury can do tomorrow, it may be he cannot, we
shall have to bring him back at some future date.
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I suggest is that we work on the basis
22 that you are going to go to Professor Duxbury next, are
you, before Mr. Langert?
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MR. RAMPTON: Yes, I do not know whether he can do tomorrow.
24 May I take instructions? My understanding is that
Professor Duxbury can do tomorrow until about lunch time.
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can he realistically be finished by that
26 time?
27 MR. RAMPTON: In chief -- I know my predictions are sometimes
optimistic. I would expect -- there are some documents to
28 which he will want to refer your Lordship, but they are
not very extensive, and as far as even I can understand
29 they are not particularly difficult. But it is bound to
take an hour and a half. It is a question then of whether
30 the defendants have so many questions to put to him, he
will not finish by lunch time.
