Day 145 - 29 Jun 95 - Page 51
1 Mr. Morris asking you really quite a lot of questions over
2 the last seven days or so based on some documents produced
3 by an organisation called, I think it is, the International
4 Union of Food Workers, the IUF?
5 A. Yes, I do I recall seeing a lot of documents with the
6 name on it.
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8 Q. You did see those, yes. Do you recall that Mr. Morris at
9 one stage said the Defendants had a witness from the IUF,
10 I think his name is Gallein. Do you remember that?
11 A. Yes, I do.
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13 Q. Do you know Mr. Gallein?
14 A. Yes, I do.
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16 Q. How do we pronounce his name?
17 A. I have always pronounced it Gallein, but I have heard
18 in here "Gallon".
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20 Q. What nationality is he?
21 A. He is Scandinavian, I believe. Which country I am not
22 sure of.
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24 Q. In what sort of context have you come across this
25 Mr. Gallein?
26 A. It was during the Tyson matter.
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28 Q. Have you had any wider contact with or experience of the
29 kind of material which Mr. Gallein and his IUF put out?
30 A. No. I received a couple of letters in the mid-80s from
31 Mr. Gallein, but not the kind of materials that were being
32 shown to me.
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34 Q. Again as his Lordship has very often said to you and
35 I repeat it, if you cannot answer this question from your
36 own direct knowledge and experience please say so. Can you
37 from your own knowledge and experience tell us here in this
38 court whether we would be sensible to rely on what Mr.
39 Gallein ----
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41 MR. MORRIS: We object very strongly to this question. It has
42 obviously been pre-prepared. This could not possibly have
43 come up beforehand.
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do not accept that, Mr. Morris. I think
46 rather than asking a general opinion, if you have some
47 specific fact, Mr. Rampton, you think you may usefully
48 elicit, but I do not see any value in just a general
49 comment of Mr. Stein on whether I can rely on it. I cannot
50 rely on it anyway unless it is admissible in evidence.
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52 MR. RAMPTON: He is the subject of a Civil Evidence Act notice
53 as the matter stands.
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55 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is a very short one.
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57 MR. RAMPTON: I know it is short and, what shall I say, somewhat
58 dealt with. I was going to follow it up with a different
59 question. If the answer should have been "Yes" and
60 Mr. Morris is completely wrong, I do not know what
