Day 142 - 26 Jun 95 - Page 57


     
     1        Australia from the mid-70s.  So what this would to be,
     2        although I do not have ----
     3
     4   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just pause there because Mr. Morris can
     5        suggest to you, if he wishes, what was actually going on in
     6        1993.
     7
     8   MR. MORRIS:  Do you know anything specifically though about the
     9        case in or around 1993 in the State of Victoria?
    10        A.  No, I would not.  I have never been in Victoria and I
    11        do not know the specifics of that matter.
    12
    13   Q.   You were in Australia in the 1970s on, what, a couple of
    14        occasions?
    15        A.  Yes, I was.
    16
    17   Q.   Which areas were you in?
    18        A.  I was in Brisbane, Queensland and I was in New South
    19        Wales, Sydney.
    20
    21   Q.   In about 1977?
    22        A.  I do not recall exactly when it was, but if anybody is
    23        a historian I can tell you a very significant event.  The
    24        day I landed in Australia the Prime Minister Whitlom was
    25        sacked by the Queen's ----
    26
    27   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  By the Government General.
    28        A.  Yes, and that was the day I arrived in Brisbane.  I had
    29        arrived first in Sydney, taken another plane on to
    30        Brisbane.  That was the day I arrived.  So whatever that
    31        date is, my Lord.
    32
    33   MR. MORRIS:  Did you advise McDonald's in Australia about Labour
    34        Relations matters?
    35        A.  We had a very specific problem that was occurring.
    36        That is why I was asked to go to Australia, because the
    37        Australian company had no one with any experience at all in
    38        Labour Relations and was relying solely upon outside
    39        counsel.  They wanted someone from the States to provide
    40        them with some assistance in the problem they had.
    41
    42   Q.   Which was what?
    43
    44   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I am not sure about this.  The only
    45        pleaded incident in Australia occurs in two places in the
    46        pleading, but they are both the same event: Canberra,
    47        Australian capital territory, during the 1980s.  We cannot
    48        have Mr. Morris fishing for something we have ----
    49
    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Put what it is you suggest happened in 
    51        Brisbane and identify it by a pleading or a statement if 
    52        you can. 
    53
    54   MR. MORRIS:  What was the labour problem ----
    55
    56   MR. RAMPTON:  No, my Lord.  I am objecting to that.
    57
    58   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  At the moment I am against you asking that.
    59        If you can put a basis for asking do so, but I have offered
    60        you the first and obvious and, subject to any argument only

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