Day 198 - 08 Dec 95 - Page 37
1 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, I do not have anyone else in mind.
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3 MR. MORRIS: Connor McCann we have read out now, have we not?
4 Michael Bowland we are not going to call; we will take him
5 as a Civil Evidence Act statement; we are happy to read his
6 statement out today, if you wish.
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Wait a moment; where is he?
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10 MR. MORRIS: He is number 7, from Australia. Daniel Cantor we
11 do not intend to call; we will take him as a Civil Evidence
12 Act statement. Of course, Mr. Lamti has given evidence, so
13 has Miss Inglis. Alistair Duncan we intend to take as a
14 Civil Evidence Act notice. Mr. Soriano we intend to call.
15 I think that is the complete picture.
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17 There is something else I wanted to raise, which is that
18 there is a witness that we have who has said he sent us a
19 statement six months ago, and then when I contacted him
20 again some time ago he said he would send it again.
21 I still have not received it. I do not know what the
22 problem is there, but he does not appear on the list.
23 There is someone else who said he was drafting a statement
24 up for us.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What -----
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28 MR. MORRIS: Obviously, we would apply for leave if we got those
29 statements.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What do they relate to?
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33 MR. MORRIS: They are people that worked at McDonald's.
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can you tell me the stores?
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37 MR. MORRIS: I would prefer not to until I have the statements
38 in case there is any pressure put on them or through
39 friends they may still have there, or whatever.
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We do not even know their names, so that is
42 not realistic, is it? Just tell me the stores. I want to
43 know where I have got loose ends and where -----
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45 MR. MORRIS: We have a reasonable belief that documents
46 miraculously go missing when we introduce witnesses,
47 whether it is by design or by coincidence I do not know,
48 but we would prefer not to identify the stores until at
49 least we have the statements and then ------
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I just do not accept that. You can tell me
52 the stores just to -----
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54 MR. MORRIS: To be honest, I have not actually got their
55 statements, their details with me.
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I want to know is, are they actually
58 stores which are in the picture at the moment?
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60 MR. MORRIS: No, I do not think they are.
