Day 012 - 18 Jul 94 - Page 82
1 state for a one-year trial period." Yes?
A. That is correct.
2
Q. That is correct. But is it not true that by July, three
3 months later, you were actually saying you were going to
do it nationwide? So there was a dramatic speed up, was
4 there not, in the test period?
A. By the time July came, by the time the end of July
5 came, we already had it in New Jersey, Connecticut and a
couple of states. It was being well received. The people
6 were reacting positively to it. The decision was made to
move ahead. One of the reasons we kept it as a test for
7 one year was if there had been no interest and it turned
out just to be a big waste of time and there was no
8 consumer interest in it, we would have perhaps argued that
there was no need for them.
9
Q. But the one year trial period basically was abandoned
10 after two or three months and you went nationwide?
A. We speeded up the programme, yes.
11
Q. That is all I want to say today.
12
MS. STEELE: I am aware of time and obviously we are not going
13 to finish today.
14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: How long do you think you will be further
with Mr. Horwitz?
15
MS. STEELE: I would think at least all of tomorrow morning.
16
MR. RAMPTON: I would have to say this, I am not anxious to
17 curtail the defence cross-examination. Equally, however,
I am anxious that no more questions should be asked
18 unnecessarily for this reason: Mr. Horwitz is hoping to
leave at the lunch time break tomorrow, if he can, to
19 catch a aeroplane to Switzerland. So, if it possible, if
it took the morning it would not matter, but if it went on
20 beyond that it would be regrettable.
21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It would indeed regrettable if you had to
miss or change your plane, Mr. Horwitz, but once you are
22 here, I must ask you to stay until the defendants have
finished asking their questions. I will know you will do
23 the best you can so far as getting through them.
24 Give a bit of thought over night to what it really helps
you to ask as opposed to what shows itself in the
25 documents, so that you do not both ask the same
questions. I have to sit in another court at 10 o'clock.
26 I very much hope I will be here by half past ten. If I am
not, it will be five or ten minutes late.
27
MISS STEEL: What would be the situation if Professor Walker is
28 still going to be called tomorrow afternoon if we finish
at lunch-time then?
29
MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will go on to Professor Walker. If you
30 finish just before 1 o'clock, we might start at 2.00, but
it probably would not matter if we started straightaway
