Day 152 - 11 Jul 95 - Page 68
1 clean out the drains. It fairly quickly became more
2 widespread than that. As soon as it entered anywhere near
3 the food prep area we shut the restaurant.
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5 Q. For how long?
6 A. Approximately two hours.
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8 Q. Two hours, and did Dyna-Rod solve the problem within those
9 two hours?
10 A. They did, yes; then it was a matter of making sure it
11 was clean.
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13 Q. Was that the only occasion when anything like that
14 happened?
15 A. It is the only time I remember, in all the time I was
16 there.
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18 Q. Do you happen to know where the blockage was and was it in
19 your drains or was it in the council's drains?
20 A. I think on this occasion it was actually our drain.
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22 Q. It might have been your drain?
23 A. Yes.
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25 Q. Do you actually remember which year it was? I know you are
26 rotten on dates.
27 A. I remember it was -- all I do remember is it was fairly
28 early on in my role as Manager in the restaurants; so
29 pre-87, maybe 86 or 85.
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31 Q. One other thing: Do you remember any problems with people
32 getting electric shocks from one of your toasters?
33 A. Not on -- I remember somebody may well have had an
34 electric shock off a toaster at one time or another, but I
35 do not remember anything more than an odd occasion.
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37 Q. In those days we are right in thinking, are we not,
38 Mr. Davis, that people were allowed to do simple electrical
39 repairs, even though they have not been specially trained?
40 A. That is correct, yes.
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42 MR. RAMPTON: Thank you. Please remain there.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will take our afternoon break there. Are
45 you content with the usual five minutes, or would you like
46 rather longer?
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48 MR. MORRIS: We would like a bit of time to consult with our
49 witness. Is it possible to have 15 minutes?
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You can have 15 minutes. If you want to talk
52 to Mr. Alemi after court I will be quite happy to adjourn
53 at, say, five or ten past four to give you a bit of time.
54 What I will do is see if anywhere in my summary of the
55 notes of the evidence I can find what, for instance,
56 Mrs. Mead said about that document. But I would be helped
57 if sooner rather than later, that is while it is on
58 people's minds, if ----
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60 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, we look at the transcript. If necessary,
