Day 276 - 09 Jul 96 - Page 33
1 and after I was told this I went into the store in Wood
2 Green and there were at least 100 of them out on the
3 shelves. Well, there was a big wadge of them, obviously I
4 did not count them. I took a handful of them and that was
5 the first time that I got a copy of this leaflet. I also,
6 a couple of days later, went into the Tottenham McDonald's
7 and they were out on the display board in Tottenham as
8 well. And various other people have told me that they have
9 seen them and got copies of them from other stores, where
10 they were out on display on the notice boards.
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12 There is one that appears in tab 12. This copy was
13 given to us by M. Raynor, who was picketing the Hounslow
14 store, and the staff then came out and started handing out
15 these leaflets to members of the public on the date that is
16 there, 9th July 1994.
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Which store was that?
19 A. The Hounslow store.
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21 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, that does sound rather to me like
22 hearsay, I am afraid.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Well, it may be, but I am just going to sort
25 that out.
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27 MR. RAMPTON: I quite agree there has been quite a lot of that
28 but I have not said anything.
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30 MR. MORRIS: I think she said she was prepared to give evidence
31 if necessary.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes?
34 A. I mean, it is not really worth me going through again
35 repeating exactly the same points is it?
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37 Q. No, it is not, there is no need, for instance, to make the
38 same point about 1984 or several letters, or once you have
39 said that -- or your reaction to lies, it is just if there
40 is something about the other documents which is specific to
41 them?
42 A. Yes, yes, okay. I am just looking through tab 3 to see
43 if there is anything different in this one. Yes, I think
44 it is the final page of the tab 3.
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46 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, is this the background briefing?
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48 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is libel action background briefing?
49 A. The third starred paragraph, "It has also been
50 suggested that McDonald's has the unfair benefit of legal
51 advice. The group have long had the informed support of
52 lawyers and this was formalised with the appointment of a
53 City law firm and two specialist libel barristers to advise
54 them." Just, obviously, to say that the only time we were
55 represented by a City law firm and two libel barristers was
56 for the appeal in March 1994. We have had informal support
57 from lawyers, but in terms of legal assistance it has been
58 pretty sporadic and it depends entirely upon whether or not
59 there is somebody available, and quite often there is not.
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