Day 169 - 04 Oct 95 - Page 61


     
     1        yesterday, there were some things that we wanted to say
     2        about it, although I think -- I do not know whether
     3        Mr. Morris wants to do it at the moment or not.  Well,
     4        perhaps we could do it at the legal day.
     5
     6   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Quite frankly, if there are things, the
     7        sooner they are mentioned the better.  If I were you, I
     8        would concentrate on getting through Mrs. Norris pretty
     9        promptly on Friday and them raise them after that if we
    10        have time.
    11
    12   MS. STEEL:  I could raise a couple of things that I have got
    13        which are, perhaps -- it is just in relation to things that
    14        -- firstly, on page 10 it says that we are both ----
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just pause a moment.  Yes.
    17
    18   MS. STEEL:   There is a section about the Operations and
    19        Training Manual.  It said that we had both taken the stand
    20        that we were not prepared to go to the solicitors' office
    21        to inspect the manual, and I did not actually say that.
    22        I did not want to go to the solicitors' office because
    23        I believed that it would be easier to have a copy at home,
    24        but I never actually said that I was not prepared to go
    25        there.
    26
    27        I just think it is relevant because it does make it sound
    28        as though I was being deliberately and unnecessarily
    29        obstructive when, as far as I was concerned, I was trying
    30        to save my time and also, you know -- we believed, because
    31        of what previous witnesses had said about the loose bound
    32        volumes, that there was not any reason why the Plaintiffs
    33        could not lend us a copy with the sections missing that
    34        they did not want us to see.
    35
    36        The second thing, which is probably more important, is that
    37        on page 16 and on page 19 there are paragraphs which infer
    38        that I do not remember my involvement with the McDonald's
    39        campaign and, really, that is not the case.  I have stated
    40        in my statement what my memory is.
    41
    42   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If that is the way you read it, I am not
    43        suggesting for a moment that you said you do not remember
    44        the campaign.
    45
    46   MS. STEEL:   Or what my involvement in the campaign was, because
    47        I have said in my statement that it was limited to handing
    48        out A5 leaflets and attending pickets.  Obviously, that is
    49         -- the statement relates to the period of alleged
    50        distribution of the subject matter of the original 
    51        Statement of Claim. 
    52 
    53        Those were the particularly important points I wanted to
    54        raise.
    55
    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  There are only two things I would say because
    57        I do not want to start re-arguing matters which I have had
    58        to rule on, and I have ruled on.  The first thing is, so
    59        far as the Training and Employment Manual is concerned, I
    60        have made my ruling.  If you think that parts of it really

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