Day 195 - 04 Dec 95 - Page 43
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2 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I will hear your argument in due course.
3 Mr. Rampton is cross-examining as to the basis of what has
4 gone into the witness's statement which the witness has
5 averred to be true.
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7 MS. STEEL: Can I just say, it is also relevant to the fact of
8 the impression that Mr. Alimi got with regard to the
9 Company's attitude towards trade unions but -----
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: This is legal argument. All I am doing is
12 listening to a cross-examination at the moment. Where it
13 takes me may well be a matter for argument in due course.
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15 MR. RAMPTON: Mr. Alimi, please turn to page 5.
16 A. OK.
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18 Q. The second paragraph, I do your pardon: "With regard to
19 the story", do you see that?
20 A. Yes.
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22 Q. About the rumour that McDonald's had closed a store
23 somewhere. You say you got it from your sister. What
24 position did your sister hold at McDonald's at Woolwich?
25 A. She was a crew member.
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27 Q. Over the page, please, page 6, the second paragraph:
28 "I knew of cases", do you have that?
29 A. Yes.
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31 Q. You see that you have put that in the plural: "I knew of
32 cases where employees in my store worked as much as 26
33 hours in a row"?
34 A. That is right.
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36 Q. You told us this morning about Tracy Milleine?
37 A. Yes.
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39 Q. Tell us about Steve Harney; how do you know that he worked
40 26 hours in a row?
41 A. Steve Harney told me that -- he told me that himself.
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43 Q. He told you that himself?
44 A. That is right.
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46 Q. He was what then, a crew member or a Floor Manager?
47 A. He was a Floor Manager.
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49 Q. You did not witness him -----
50 A. He did actually tell me. I mean, he became a Floor
51 Manager before I started work there, but he did tell me
52 that he did work the same hours or similar hours before he
53 became a Floor Manager there as a crew member.
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55 Q. That is what he told you; is that right?
56 A. That is right.
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58 Q. Thank you.
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That is the first complete paragraph, is it?
