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         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Then have you to do that in relation to each
     2        of the pigs and cattle?
 
     3   MS. STEEL:  Yes, I think there is not going to be quite so much
              detail but, yes, we do have to do that.
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         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  I thought may be broilers is what you
     5        would spend most time on.
 
     6   MS. STEEL:   Yes.
 
     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I suggest is that let us go on until
              our five minute break and then see if you can give some
     8        kind of estimate.
 
     9   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I had already anticipated this.  I make
              no comment about the reasons for it.  There may come a
    10        time when I shall be driven to say something, but I will
              not say it at the moment.  In the light of that
    11        anticipation, we have decided that we shall stand
              Professor Ashworth down until tomorrow and Dr. Gregory's
    12        hotel is booked for tonight.
 
    13   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
 
    14   MR. MORRIS:  The other thing was the interlocutory matters, if
              that is the right word, whether we wanted to deal with
    15        them tomorrow.
 
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I am very keen to do is to finish
              Dr. Gregory, deal with the interlocutory matters and
    17        finish Professor Wheelock.  I am keen to do the
              interlocutory matters or hear the argument on them
    18        tomorrow, not just because I would like to leave the whole
              of Friday for Professor Wheelock, but I may well be able
    19        to give a decision straightaway, but if I want time to
              think about it, I will take the time over Thursday evening
    20        and give my decision on Friday morning.  If any of the
              argument is on Friday, there is a danger about Professor
    21        Wheelock and there is just a danger that if there is
              something which I want to think about I will not be able
    22        to give the decision before we break off.
 
    23        So, carry on, but bear that in mind.  I am not, in fact,
              personally making any criticism of the length of
    24        cross-examination in relation to this witness.  But if
              there are areas where you think you can put the essence of
    25        your point without following it up in detail, do not
              hesitate to do so.  If you want to explore something with 
    26        the witness because you think you will obtain from him 
              information which is useful to your case which you do not 
    27        have yet, if I may say so, you have had time to get
              Dr. Gregory's measure, and if you come to the decision
    28        that if you enquire about something you do not know about,
              you are likely to get a candid answer from him, you might
    29        just as well go straight to it.
 
    30   MS. STEEL:   Right.  OK.
 

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