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2 As far as the cross-examination goes, it is much more
3 difficult to say how long cross-examination is going to
4 take than it is to say how long examination-in-chief is
5 going to take. Obviously, it depends on the witnesses, how
6 much they agree, how much they talk at great length.
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I appreciate all that, but all you are being
9 asked to do is give an estimate and it may turn out to be
10 wrong, but there we are, at least it is some indication.
11 We do not have a potential schedule beyond 23rd June.
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13 MR. RAMPTON: No, my Lord. Mr. Stein has not got an arrow on
14 the end of him, as your Lordship will see, simply because
15 if the Defendants had not finished by the end of that week
16 he could still be here the week beginning 23rd -- I am not
17 encouraging that at all, but it has to be recognised as a
18 realistic possibility.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: How long do you expect Mr. Nicholson to be
21 in-chief?
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23 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I think now probably only a day to a day
24 and half.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I will put one and a half days. Mr. Beavers
27 is cross-examination?
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29 MR. RAMPTON: He is cross-examination only, yes.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Mr. Fairgrieve?
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33 MR. RAMPTON: Cross-examination only. He has no
34 evidence-in-chief still to give. He is going to produce a
35 new document, but I am happy for that to be explored in
36 cross-examination.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: So that is cross-examination only. What
39 about Mrs. Barnes?
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41 MR. RAMPTON: Mrs. Barnes, I gave her a day. Again that is a
42 generous estimate, but I did try to err on the side of
43 generosity. I do not want people to get alarmed to have to
44 cross-examine before they expect to do so. I would expect
45 her cross-examination to begin on 23rd May. Mr. Purslow,
46 I have put him down, I think, for three quarters of a day.
47 Again that is on the generous side.
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I will put one day.
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51 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, my Lord, again I will not complain if the
52 Defendants do not start until Wednesday 7th. Mrs. Mead,
53 I have said a morning really for her because she deals with
54 employment policy and there does not yet seem to be of a
55 dispute about that.
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Half a day for Mrs. Mead. Mr. Stein?
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59 MR. RAMPTON: He starts on the 19th. I hope he comes over the
60 end of week before. I would not welcome it and I am sure
