Day 152 - 11 Jul 95 - Page 46


     
     1        That happens quite frequently.
     2
     3   Q.   Did you ever go into the schools or colleges to recruit?
     4        A.  We may have done.  I do not specifically remember it,
     5        but it would have been a route that we may have gone to.
     6
     7   Q.   Did you ever put an ad in the local paper?
     8        A.  Not as far as I remember.  We never really -- I mean,
     9        that would have been, sort of, the next stage if you had
    10        problems recruiting past any of those earlier methods that
    11        I mentioned.  But we never ever had to go to that extent.
    12
    13   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, maybe that is a convenient moment.
    14        I shall certainly finish Mr. Davis this afternoon.
    15
    16   MS. STEEL:   We just wanted to say that when Mr. Rampton
    17        summarised what our case was on turnover to Mr. Davis, he
    18        has done this before.  It is not entirely accurate, and we
    19        think he should be a bit more careful about what he says.
    20
    21   MR. RAMPTON:  Perhaps I should know what my error has been, then
    22        I will not get it wrong again.
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I suggest you do, and the way to correct
    25        it, is at some stage in your cross-examination of Mr. Davis
    26        make it quite clear by putting it to him just what your
    27        suggestion is.  If it is anything remotely along those
    28        lines, and I know you have got a number of your questions
    29        (in some of your cross-examination anyway) already typed
    30        out, and it might be worth making sure that you have your
    31        suggestion word perfect.  One reason for that is that if
    32        I have to repeat it in order to assess the extent to which,
    33        if at all, it is well founded, I would like to get it word
    34        perfect.
    35
    36   MS. STEEL:   I think we have put it before.
    37
    38   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, you have put it before.  You have put it
    39        in differing ways.  I am not suggesting they are
    40        significantly different when you make a comparison, but
    41        since you have taken the point that you do not consider
    42        Mr. Rampton's summary was a fair one, I am using the
    43        opportunity to suggest that you get your suggestion word
    44        perfect, think about just how far you go in your
    45        suggestion, get it straight in your mind, get it written
    46        down, and then at some stage put it to Mr. Davis at a stage
    47        which you choose during your cross-examination.
    48
    49        I would like you to be ready to start your
    50        cross-examination before the end of the afternoon.  We will 
    51        see how we go so far as timing is concerned.  I will come 
    52        back at five past two, but be prepared to kick off anyway 
    53        this afternoon.
    54
    55   MR. RAMPTON:  I did not say I had finished.  I said that I will
    56        finish this afternoon.
    57
    58   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  So be ready to start your
    59        cross-examination of Mr. Davis.  We will resume at five
    60        past two.

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