Day 128 - 24 May 95 - Page 36
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2 Q. You are saying they are something that were used to keep an
3 eye on what kind of progress had been made?
4 A. Yes, they were one of the ways that we did that.
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6 Q. So, presumably, they would be filed away for safety?
7 A. Yes.
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9 Q. Could you turn to pink volume XIII, please? If you turn to
10 tab 57F. When the Company gets a summons to appear at a
11 Magistrates' Court for a matter such as this, where the
12 floors were not kept free from any substance likely to
13 cause persons to slip, is that something the Company would
14 take seriously?
15 A. As far as I know we do not get very many summonses to
16 do with safety; and, yes, we do.
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18 Q. You would take it seriously?
19 A. Yes, I would have thought so.
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21 Q. Was this investigated?
22 A. I really -- I do not remember.
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24 Q. You do not remember it?
25 A. No.
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27 Q. Do you not know anything about it?
28 A. No.
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30 Q. Did you not have any responsibility in this area at that
31 time?
32 A. Well, it is dated the end of 1990, so it is certainly
33 after the time of my appointment, but I just really do not
34 remember.
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36 Q. You do not remember it?
37 A. It does not ring any bells at all.
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39 Q. You have never seen a report into how it could come about
40 that the Company is being summonsed to a Magistrates' Court
41 for this reason?
42 A. I do not -- I just cannot remember.
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44 Q. This is a rare occurrence, but it does not stick out in
45 your mind, you say?
46 A. This particular one, no.
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48 Q. What about the one on the following page, at tab 57G?
49 A. I think this one might relate to a prosecution to do
50 with an injury from a compactor.
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52 MR. RAMPTON: I do not think it is right that Mrs. Barnes should
53 speculate. This is Burnley, the compactor was at Bury.
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55 MS. STEEL: I did think I remembered Bury being admitted, but
56 I could not find it in the abstracts.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I would assume, if I knew nothing more about
59 them at all, that they were related, and that the
60 allegation is that the floor has become slippery for some
