Day 143 - 27 Jun 95 - Page 53
1 Finland?
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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5 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, might I ask which paragraph in the
6 pleading this relates to because ----
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8 MR. MORRIS: It relates to Denmark.
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10 MR. RAMPTON: I thought it was Finland.
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12 MR. MORRIS: It is the solidarity boycott in Denmark; the
13 dispute at the time the negotiations had broken down in
14 1989 in Denmark. I just wondered if this refreshed your
15 memory at all. Let me just see if I can point you to the
16 relevant ----
17 A. What is this document?
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19 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just pause for a moment.
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21 MR. MORRIS: If you look at page ----
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Page 4 you want, do you not?
24 A. My Lord, can I ask what I am reading?
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, do not at the moment.
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28 MR. MORRIS: If you look at page 6 ----
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30 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, this appears to be Finland. I ask where
31 is the passage in the pleading which deals with any of
32 this? I can only ----
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34 MR. MORRIS: No. It is related to the Denmark situation.
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36 MR. RAMPTON: No, this is not pleaded anywhere.
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38 MR. MORRIS: It is relevant to the union that McDonald's only
39 signed an agreement with the Danish union after a boycott
40 campaign. I asked Mr. Stein about this morning or
41 yesterday, and he said he could not recall a boycott
42 campaign. I was going to ask him to read through that to
43 see if this ----
44 A. Can I correct what he is saying?
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46 Q. --- refreshes your memory?
47 A. No. What I have said is that throughout the 80s, my
48 Lord, there were boycott campaigns by the union. There
49 were times when they seemed to be heating it up. There
50 were other times it diminished and disappeared. Then it
51 would come back and then it would go down; then it would
52 come back and then it would down. I believe -- well, those
53 are the facts and I believe that is what I would have
54 testified to. His characterisation is totally incorrect.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Which is your item of pleading in relation to
57 Denmark?
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59 MR. RAMPTON: Denmark, my Lord, is 106 which is an expanded
60 version of 42. Most of these trade union pleadings have an
