Day 143 - 27 Jun 95 - Page 34


     
     1        course so far, Mr. Morris.
     2
     3   MR. RAMPTON:  I do not want chunks of these inadmissible
     4        documents read out for the record.
     5
     6   MR. MORRIS:  We have two witnesses from the Transport and
     7        General Workers Union which is the largest union in Britain
     8         ---
     9        A.  Yes.
    10
    11   Q.   -- giving evidence for the Defence.
    12        A.  OK.
    13
    14   Q.   This statement here, the first statement -----
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What are you looking at, first of all?
    17
    18   MR. MORRIS:  The first page is a statement for the purposes of a
    19        court case when McDonald's took legal action against the
    20        distributors of the London Greenpeace Fact Sheet in 1988,
    21        I think it was, and the National Officer of the Transport
    22        and General Workers Union ------
    23
    24   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I am sorry, but this is exactly what
    25        I find objectionable.
    26
    27   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just pause.  Mr. Morris, you must follow the
    28        normal procedure.  If and when you call your witnesses the
    29        situation may change, but follow the procedure you did
    30        before.  For instance, you can ask Mr. Stein to read the
    31        document if you want.
    32
    33        Can I give you an example?  I do not know whether it is
    34        what you have in mind or not, but just by way of example:
    35        You could ask Mr. Stein:  "Do you agree that McDonald's",
    36        and we are in the UK now, "is a very difficult Company to
    37        organise because of the highly mobile young workforce
    38        combined with a very anti-union attitude of the Company?"
    39
    40        You can ask that question.  You can have the document in
    41        front in case, as you say (though I do not always agree it
    42        is so), you think black and white adds something to the
    43        matter, but that is the way to do it.  When you are calling
    44        your own witnesses in due course, a different situation may
    45        prevail.
    46
    47   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  (To the witness):  Would it concern you if a
    48        National Officer of the largest trade union ------
    49
    50   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, no. 
    51 
    52   MR. MORRIS:  I am asking a question, "if". 
    53
    54   MR. RAMPTON:  No, my Lord, I am sorry, I object to the question.
    55
    56   MR. MORRIS:  What are you frightened of?
    57
    58   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Mr. Morris, you have behaved perfectly well
    59        throughout this -----
    60

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