Day 203 - 12 Jan 96 - Page 68
1 for us for a number of years was not walking out of
2 McDonald's on to the street and, you know, that is -- and
3 I think Mike actually said that to me. So, yes, that was
4 the purpose of the meeting and, yes.
5
6 Q. So the primary purpose of the meeting was not to discuss
7 the purchase of the Company car; it was, in fact, another
8 reason?
9 A. Well, I have said in the statement that at the time
10 I made the statement that was all I could remember. That
11 was what I think the primary meeting seemed to be to do
12 that.
13
14 Q. You were not -----
15 A. And that Mike wanted to satisfy himself as exactly as I
16 have said. Whether, to be honest with you, you know, which
17 was the primary purpose of the meeting, certainly both
18 things came out. So if you, you know -- but, as I saw it,
19 that was an important issue that Mike had an answer for.
20
21 Q. Were you approached by the Plaintiffs' solicitors round
22 about the end of November, beginning of December last year,
23 i.e. about a month ago, five, six weeks ago, about these
24 meetings, who attended, were there notes made, that kind of
25 thing?
26 A. I was approached by the solicitors, I think, some time
27 in November. I do not -- I think, yes, we discussed the
28 meetings at the beginning of December, I think.
29
30 Q. Did you tell them who had attended these meetings?
31 A. I told them what is contained in my statement
32 and -----
33
34 Q. Right. That would have been when they first approached
35 you, you said: "These people attended this is what I
36 remember"?
37 A. Yes, I do not understand what your point is.
38
39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do not worry, just answer the question,
40 Mr. Skehel.
41 A. OK, sorry.
42
43 MR. MORRIS: Was that just before you went away on holiday? Did
44 you go on holiday around that time, the beginning of
45 December?
46 A. Oh, in 1995?
47
48 Q. Yes, sorry, about five weeks ago or something?
49 A. Yes, I did, yes.
50
51 Q. So this would have been before you went on holiday you
52 informed them of these kind of details, did you?
53 A. Yes, I mean, we had several discussions about trying to
54 pin down the number of meetings that occurred ---
55
56 Q. Right.
57 A. -- prior to Ray leaving and, to be honest with you, you
58 know, it is -- I am sure you are aware of how difficult it
59 is to know exactly what happened at a time, and I thought
60 those meetings were to identify exactly what happened.
