Day 248 - 13 May 96 - Page 56


     
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     2   Q.   The leaflet that is the subject of this libel action?
     3        A.  Well, I read the document in its whole and it said
     4        'Regardless of the results of the verdict, continued to
     5        circulate'.  I took it as in its entirety.
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     7   Q.   No, continued to circulate the truth, but you assumed that
     8        it was talking about the fact sheet which is the subject of
     9        this action here and now, the libel action?
    10        A.  That certainly was in my mind.
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    12   Q.   Right.  OK.  That is it.
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    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you.  Thank you Mr. Preston.
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    16                        (The witness withdrew)
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    18        I would like Mr. Glen can bring them up to my room.  If
    19        Mr. Riley would be kind enough to make a copy of that page
    20        7 and then you can have those back.
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    22   MS. STEEL:  That is fine.
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If you can make a photocopy of The Financial
    25        Times article, it does not matter that it has some
    26        highlighting on it.
    27
    28   MR. RAMPTON:  Would your Lordship like to have a complete copy
    29        of that?
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    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think it might be helpful.  I have got some
    32        pages copied already which you handed to me the other day.
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    34   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes.  Of course, it was on a number of
    35        restaurants, but it has a nice picture of Mr Cantaloupe and
    36        others, so we may want you to see those things.
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    38   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If I do have it, I would like to keep it
    39        entirely as my own.
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    41   MR. RAMPTON:  Certainly.
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    43   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Because I may mark it just as I have marked
    44        my own copy with the students information pack.
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    46   MS. STEEL:   Can I say something?  When we were arguing on
    47        Friday about Mr. Nicholson giving evidence tomorrow, and
    48        I am not, although I would like you to go back on your
    49        decision that is not why I am bringing it up now, I just
    50        wanted to say something about what has been said, which is 
    51        just that our situation is certainly not that we are trying 
    52        to make a mockery of the court, and I wanted to say the day 
    53        we had off last week there was the bank holiday and then
    54        there was the second day that we had off last week which
    55        was to suit Mr. Preston's convenience, not ours, and that
    56        the day that we do not sit this week is so that I can
    57        attend a funeral.  Basically, I would have thought that
    58        there cannot be any criticism of that from anybody in terms
    59        of people thinking we are treating this as a joke or
    60        whatever, because as far as I am aware it is standard

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