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1 a day, but I am not really sure.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us assume that there is not much sense in
4 you coming back in the morning because you will just have
5 to rush around all over the place and you will not be
6 finished in the hour you can give us, Mr. Oakley, do you
7 know when you can come back?
8 A. I could come back Friday this week.
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10 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We have Ms. Dibb on Friday.
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12 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, and your Lordship will remember that we
13 rearranged Mr. Oakley to fit in with Ms. Dibb's holiday
14 arrangements. We have got Ms. Dibb who is supposed to be
15 coming back on Friday.
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If Ms. Dibb comes back on Friday, we will
18 finish her on Friday, will we not?
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20 MR. RAMPTON: I promised that I will finish her on Friday.
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22 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think we ought to keep that as it is.
23 I cannot remember whether that means we have finished the
24 advertising witnesses or have you anyone else then? Are
25 there any to be read.
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27 MR. RAMPTON: I do not think so.
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29 MR. MORRIS: The only thing is that our witness Mr. Clay Harris
30 has been challenged as a Civil Evidence Act Notice so
31 I presume that means we have to call him sometime -- if you
32 remember, the Financial Times journalist or editor or
33 whatever. Maybe that could be just left at any time but
34 I am sure it is not crucial.
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Mr. Harris' part in this case is that he
37 purports to quote Mr. Preston, so he is not giving evidence
38 of his own knowledge. He is just saying what Mr. Preston
39 said. So he can be treated as a separate consideration,
40 really, can he not?
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42 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Unless anyone has a comment to the contrary,
45 I am really quite keen to stick to Ms. Dibb on Friday.
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47 MR. RAMPTON: That probably means that Mr. Oakley cannot be
48 heard again before Christmas.
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you know what Ms. Dibb's position is early
51 next week? Did we ask her when she was here?
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53 MS. STEEL: I think she had quite a lot of commitments. She
54 did specifically say that she wanted to know more or less
55 for sure that it would be Friday so that she could fit in
56 all the other arrangements she has to make. At the moment,
57 the 12th is clear. The problem with that is that if we
58 take away the 12th we will not get any clear days between
59 the finish of this.
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