Day 173 - 16 Oct 95 - Page 27
1 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It gives me an indication of the area in which
2 he was working at the time, in paragraph 2. It does not
3 say precisely what he was in 1979.
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5 MS. STEEL: (To the witness) McDonald's Hamburger Restaurants,
6 that is the UK Company, is it not?
7 A. I believe so, yes.
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9 Q. Right. Frank O'Donnell and Bell Brannigan and O'Donnell --
10 sorry, Bell Brannigan & O'Donnell, that was the name of the
11 solicitors you were employing; is that correct?
12 A. That is correct.
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14 Q. On page 970 -- and I am not going to go into the detail of
15 this at the moment, but if you want to get it to
16 check -----
17 A. Sorry?
18
19 Q. It is in tab 59 of the pink volume.
20 A. Sorry, what number?
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22 Q. Page 970. There is a memo from Mr. Copeland. You have
23 seen this before, presumably, have you?
24 A. Yes.
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26 Q. That would have been instructions given to the solicitors
27 from Mr. Copeland?
28 A. Yes, but with my input, I would think.
29
30 Q. With your input? Right. It says there: "Steve Copeland
31 McDonald's Hamburger Restaurants"?
32 A. Yes.
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34 Q. Which would be the UK Company?
35 A. Well, by title it would have been.
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37 Q. Right.
38 A. But this would have been typed by my secretary or one
39 of my secretaries -- in fact, by my secretary. So whether
40 she has the right title or not, I cannot comment on.
41
42 Q. Presumably, Mr. Copeland would have had a look at it before
43 it was sent, would he not?
44 A. I cannot recall that, but I am sure he would have, yes.
45
46 Q. It appears from this that Mr. Copeland was in Ireland for
47 the start of the strike. Would that have been correct --
48 would that be correct?
49 A. No, that is not correct.
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51 Q. It is not correct?
52 A. No.
53
54 Q. So he was preparing this from what somebody else told him?
55 A. Well, he would have been listening to what I have to
56 say, because I was very familiar with what was going on at
57 the time. So I would have been briefing him on exactly
58 what was happening.
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60 Q. Why would you brief Mr. Copeland to brief the solicitors?
