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1 have had a fair opportunity to see that through. If it
2 means that Ms. Tobin has to be called after the rest of the
3 employment witnesses have been called and interposed, as it
4 were, in another part of the case, then so be it.
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6 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, the employment evidence is now in such a
7 pickle anyway, as your Lordship will see tomorrow, or the
8 order of witnesses is, but perhaps that does not matter
9 anyway.
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. We will see when we come to scheduling.
12 The nearer we get to the end of the case the less I am
13 concerned about trying to keep the evidence in
14 compartments. I am convinced that it was a good idea to
15 try to keep the evidence in compartments from the
16 beginning, so that we would all have a better chance of
17 coping with the issues, but now we have got through most of
18 the topics, I think that has that is far less important.
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20 MR. RAMPTON: I am very relieved it hear that. I shall also be
21 inviting your Lordship to say that so far as even indeed as
22 the employment witnesses are concerned, it is not sensible
23 to try, because it is not going to be possible, to have the
24 Plaintiffs' and the Defendants' witnesses tried strictly
25 back to back. I am not telling your Lordship that I am
26 going to make an application to call rebuttal evidence.
27 That is not what I mean. But there may be cases in which
28 I have to ask your Lordship's permission to interpose, so
29 as we do not lose time, some of my witnesses during the
30 course of the Defendants' evidence on employment.
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32 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will talk about that tomorrow.
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34 MR. MORRIS: That does not sound as if it is going to be a very
35 pleasant experience for us.
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will talk about scheduling tomorrow and we
38 will see if we can make some useful decisions on that then.
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40 Unless there is anything else we must deal with, I will
41 adjourn until 10.30 tomorrow.
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