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     1   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What it is preferred that you should not do
     2        (which you would not have done without leave anyway) is
     3        say:  "Now, I want you to have a good hard think about
     4        whether there is any anything else in any other category"
     5        because that we will just wait and see.
     6
     7   MR. RAMPTON:  No, your Lordship has just told him that anyway.
     8
     9   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No, but I do not expect him to speak to you
    10        about it.  I know if he started to do, you would tell him
    11        not to go any further.
    12
    13   MR. RAMPTON:  Absolutely not, and it is a difficult thing for
    14        American witnesses because, of course, the same rule does
    15        not apply there.  So they have all been very firmly told
    16        that we cannot speak about the case or about their evidence
    17        while they are giving evidence.
    18
    19        My Lord, there are some other administrative matters.  I
    20        would like Dr. Gomez Gonzalez to be able to see a copy
    21        of "Jungle Burger" over the weekend before I re-examine
    22        him.  I will not say anything to him about except
    23        Mrs. Brinley-Codd will give him a copy.  Would that be all
    24        right?  It will save time.
    25
    26   MR. MORRIS:  There is no problem with us.
    27
    28   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No.  It may enable you to ask more usefully
    29        the questions I was asking a few minutes ago.
    30
    31   MR. RAMPTON:  In relation to this lady, Anne Link, it is not,
    32        with the greatest possible respect to Mr. Morris, good
    33        enough to say she is going to come and give evidence about
    34        packaging, paper and forest cover.  I would invite your
    35        Lordship to set a deadline for the service of a statement,
    36        a full statement, by her including a detailed account of
    37        her qualifications to speak on these matters so that I know
    38        whether I have to bother recalling any of my witnesses or
    39        calling Mr. Bateman.
    40
    41   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I said last night is that Mr. Morris or
    42        Ms. Steel should state by Friday whether they are calling a
    43        witness, who he or she was and the topics, but not at this
    44        stage what they will say.  Mr. Morris has done that.
    45        I then went on to say:  "Then if you are calling someone,
    46        we can talk about when the statement should be served".
    47
    48        What I would like you to do is, having made contact with
    49        Miss Link, to find out as soon as you can so that we can
    50        deal with it not later than next week when she would be 
    51        able to provide a statement, and then you can tell me about 
    52        that and we will fix a date.  It is often better for the 
    53        witness if a date is fixed because they are then working to
    54        a deadline.
    55
    56   MR. RAMPTON:  In that connection, I remind your Lordship that
    57        Mr. North visited the various sites in August of this year.
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   Leave it there.  Can you do the same with
    60        him?  It was only yesterday evening I made the point about

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