Day 265 - 19 Jun 96 - Page 73


     
     1   MR. RAMPTON:  I quite agree with that.   My only concern is to
     2        protect, my Lord, the witnesses against what I might call
     3        improper or sinister enquiries with a view to tracing them
     4        and having pressure put on them while they are giving
     5        evidence, or after they have given evidence.  I do not mind
     6        which it is.  Both would be -- well, they would be very bad
     7        things.
     8
     9        The only information I need to give your Lordship in
    10        addition to that which I have already given is that the
    11        conversation which I reported to your Lordship as having
    12        been, the medium by which the information reached us was
    13        between Michelle Hooker and Mrs. Brinley-Codd.
    14
    15   MS. STEEL:   Can I just ask, if any weight is going to be given
    16        to what has been said, I think there should be an affidavit
    17        from Miss Hooker; otherwise it is completely hearsay and, I
    18        mean, I challenged it but I cannot cross-examine on it.
    19
    20             (Please see separate transcript for ruling)
    21
    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We will open the court and you ask the
    23        question tonight.  I do not want you to take long about
    24        it.
    25
    26   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, there are a number of things I also need
    27        to mention.
    28
    29   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  That, hopefully, will leave us just a
    30        few minutes to talk about the immediate future.  Can you
    31        open the Court, please?
    32
    33          (The proceedings were then conducted in open court)
    34
    35   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   I see no need for that ruling to be repeated
    36        in open court.  From now on the proceedings will be
    37        reported as being in open court.
    38
    39   MS. STEEL:  OK.
    40
    41   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  As from you asking your questions.
    42
    43   MS. STEEL:  (To the witness):  What was the name of the company
    44        you were employed by?
    45        A.   Tyson Legal Services.
    46
    47   Q.   And where are they based?
    48        A.   Docklands.
    49
    50   Q.   They were based there in 1990; yes? 
    51        A.  That is right. 
    52 
    53   Q.   Was it them that you were employed by for the whole time
    54        between either 1988, 1989 to 1994/5 when you stopped being
    55        a private investigator?
    56        A.   No, it was not.
    57
    58   Q.   It was not?
    59        A.  No.
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