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         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  How long do you expect he will take
     2        in-chief, Mr. Rampton?
 
     3   MR. RAMPTON:  I would hope I can take him in-chief quite
              shortly.  I do not believe that I will refer to more than
     4        one of the references.  I am really concerned with the
              broad picture of what he observed when he went to visit
     5        the establishment operated by McDonald's suppliers.
              I would hope that -- I said it before and I was about
     6        right today -- he will be a good deal shorter in-chief
              than Dr. Arnott.  I may finish him before the mid-day
     7        adjournment in-chief.  Certainly, the defendants should be
              prepared to start cross-examining him tomorrow.
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         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Right.  Is there anything else we have to
     9        deal with?  The others matters I have on my check list is
              sometime this week and preferably not on Friday ------
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         MR. RAMPTON:  I am sorry, I do not mean to interrupt, but
    11        I should say that what your Lordship does not know is that
              Professor Wheelock is coming back on Friday -- Professor
    12        Wheelock, you remember, the nutritionist -- he is coming
              back to finish his cross-examination.  I am told by the
    13        defendants that it is 99 per cent certain that they will
              not go beyond the end of the morning, in which case I will
    14        have about half an hour or so re-examination.
 
    15   MR. MORRIS:  No.  We said that Mr. Wheelock should be finished
              within a day.  We were given the indication that the
    16        plaintiffs wanted an hour for re-examination.  That should
              be no problem, as far as I can see.
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         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  NO.  The only thing which crosses my mind is
    18        obviously we want to be as certain as one can that
              Professor Wheelock finishes before the break.
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         MR. RAMPTON:  Unless Dr. Gregory is going to be extended into a
    20        third day, Thursday will be a short day because I have
              only Professor Ashworth -- the Tidy Britain person -- that
    21        day.
 
    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  My only question, really, is -- does that
              mean that Professor Wheelock can only come on Friday?
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         MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, I believe it does.
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         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What was passing through my mind is in case
    25        we were ready to start him on Thursday afternoon, that
              would make any risk of not finishing him by ----- 
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         MR. RAMPTON:  No, the trouble he has got a domestic problem. 
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         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not need to know about that.  It is
    28        obvious there is a difficulty.
 
    29   MR. RAMPTON:  There is a difficulty, yes.
 
    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We will go on with Dr. Gregory tomorrow.  To
              continue what I was about to say, there is the question of

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