Day 202 - 11 Jan 96 - Page 06


     
     1        put.
     2
     3   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  If you feel unable to carry on, raise
     4        the matter with me and we will see what we can do.
     5
     6   MR. MORRIS:  (To the witness):  Have you got a copy of your
     7        statement in front of you?
     8        A.  Yes, I have.
     9
    10   Q.   On page 2, you said that you considered Mr. Coton to be an
    11        honest, steady and amiable person.  Is that correct?
    12        A.  That is correct.
    13
    14   Q.   And you felt tht his performance deteriorated towards the
    15        end of his employment with the Company?
    16        A.  That is what I said.
    17
    18   Q.   Right.  What was your position at that time?
    19        A.  I was a senior Supervisor.
    20
    21   Q.   Right.  So, you had information passed on to you by his
    22        Supervisor, Neil Skehel; yes?
    23        A.  Yes.
    24
    25   Q.   Towards the end of Mr. Coton's period at Colchester,
    26        Mr. Skehel was passing on information to you; is that
    27        correct?
    28        A.  Yes.
    29
    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Let me just ask, Mr. Morris. (To the
    31        witness):  Could you put a date on when you would say that
    32        Mr. Coton's performance deteriorated?
    33        A.  Could I put a date on that?
    34
    35   Q.   Yes.  First of all, was it before or after Mr. Skehel came?
    36        A.  I think it would be fair to say that more indications
    37        of Mr. Coton's performance came to my attention after
    38        Neil Skehel became a Supervisor than before; although, on
    39        rereading the performance reviews that I have done on
    40        Mark Davis, it is evident that of all the 18 or so
    41        restaurants that I had, that Colchester was one of the
    42        restaurants of concern for a while because of high crew
    43        turnover and problems with adherence to McDonald's quality
    44        standards.
    45
    46   MR. MORRIS:  (Pause)  I am just looking if there is anything
    47        else in your statement.
    48
    49        You then say, on the next paragraph, that you did not have
    50        any reason to think that Mark Davis knew about 
    51        malpractices, because he candidly discussed all aspects of 
    52        work with you when you were Supervisor; is that correct? 
    53        A.  That is correct.  That is what it says, yes.
    54
    55   Q.   So, you trusted him to give you accurate information about
    56        what was going on in Colchester?
    57        A.  I did, yes.
    58
    59   Q.   And you trusted Neil Skehel to give you accurate
    60        information about what was happening in Colchester?

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