Day 136 - 16 Jun 95 - Page 24


     
     1        What I have, in effect, said in relation to 4.2 A is that
     2        you should not assume that I will conclude from the
     3        declaration that "floor managers and dining area hosts
     4        still have the highest incidence of slips and falls" that
     5        that calls for non-slip tiling in the dining area.
     6
     7   MR. MORRIS:  I was only referring to the dining area host.
     8        I think floor managers would be everywhere but the dining
     9        areas hosts would be in the dining area.
    10
    11   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Right.  But only put to Mr. Newton Brown
    12        matters which come within his encompass, which is an
    13        important one, which is a highly trained, and one of
    14        considerable expertise, but essentially direct it at
    15        industrial design.  (To the witness):  As I understand it,
    16        in all sorts of applied design, the designer is given a
    17        brief?
    18        A.  That is correct, sir.
    19
    20   Q.   No doubt, you are given a brief ---
    21        A.  Yes.
    22
    23   Q.   -- when you are asked to design something?
    24        A.  Yes.
    25
    26   Q.   The brief will include objectives so far as both function
    27        and cost are concerned?
    28        A.  That is correct, sir.
    29
    30   MR. MORRIS:  I do not believe we have any more questions.  No
    31        more questions.
    32
    33   MR. RAMPTON:  I have no re-examination, my Lord.
    34
    35   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you, Mr. Newton Brown.  You are
    36        released.
    37
    38                       (The witness withdrew)
    39
    40   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I do not want to take more time than
    41        I have to.  I would appreciate very much just now, because
    42        we have some scheduling to do for when Mr. Stein has
    43        finished, some guidance from your Lordship about, for
    44        example, when you would think it right to do the
    45        interlocutories or some of them and, if so, which sorts of
    46        things?
    47
    48   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I would like to do is deal with the
    49        interlocutories when we have finished Mr. Stein and before
    50        we go on to any further witnesses.  But if it was said: 
    51        "Such and such a witness could be conveniently put in 
    52        there but not at any other time", I would obviously 
    53        consider it.  But, subject to any particularly pressing
    54        call like that, I would like to go on to the argument in
    55        relation to the interlocutory matters when we have finished
    56        Mr. Stein.
    57
    58        I would like to see how we go with Mr. Stein next week and
    59        perhaps on Thursday I will ask, assuming you are going to
    60        take about two days in-chief, which is what you said ---

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