Day 072 - 12 Jan 95 - Page 51
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2 Q. Since when?
3 A. I would say the majority of 1994.
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5 Q. I will come back to that in a minute. I have not got any
6 letters from the residents associations.
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. I must say, I have said it more than
9 once now, I have been very reticent about trying to cut you
10 short. The reason for that in part is that on some
11 occasions when I have done that in the past you have gone
12 on a little longer, or Ms. Steel may have gone on a little
13 longer, and you have made a point which is relevant.
14 Whether at the end of the day it will a good point and
15 carry weight or not (I am not giving any specific example,
16 I do not have one in particular in mind), I just record
17 that on occasions when I have been minded to curtail
18 cross-examination you have gone on a bit and you have made
19 a valid point. But I must rely on you not to till the same
20 ground. If you tilled it once you plant your seed on it in
21 the future with your own witnesses.
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23 MR. MORRIS: I am trying to finish off. It is just because of
24 the order I have written the notes down, I was trying to
25 stick to that.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I would rather you did is if you think
28 you may be going back over something just say, "Can I have
29 a minute or two?" I will readily agree with that, sit down,
30 take stock and pick up on a fresh piece of ground, bearing
31 in mind that you both have put quite a lot to this witness
32 and a lot is going to depend upon what I make of the
33 evidence you have called now you have tested Mr. Stump in
34 cross-examination.
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36 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just pause for a moment and then pick it up
39 again.
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41 MR. MORRIS: You have spoken with people from the residents
42 association, yes?
43 A. I have on some occasions, yes.
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45 Q. They have expressed their concerns to you, have they not,
46 about the environment/index.html">litter, that they believe McDonald's are not
47 doing their job as far as environment/index.html">litter is concerned?
48 A. The main thing we discuss is the problem with the
49 people who drop environment/index.html">litter. That is the main thing we discuss
50 and that is evident from some of the letters I receive,
51 that they understand that McDonald's cannot control
52 customers, as other retailers cannot control customers, or
53 trust them not to drop environment/index.html">litter on the streets. They have
54 expressed concern and I have reinforced their concern by
55 ensuring them that the trash walks will be completed. That
56 would be general ----
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58 Q. Have they expressed concerns to you about the frequency of
59 the environment/index.html">litter patrols?
60 A. Verbally, no.
