Day 258 - 07 Jun 96 - Page 53
1 matter for myself, but what concerned me in so far as being
2 a member of McDonald's executive was your self-proclaimed
3 association with animal liberation groups and your
4 anti-McDonald's campaign.
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6 Q. Right. We are just putting those copies in. You have no
7 objection to people being involved, for example, in animal
8 rights groups or even leafleting or picketing your
9 stores---
10 A. Yes.
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12 Q. -- in general. It is only -----
13 A. Yes, I take great exception to them picketing our
14 stores.
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16 Q. Yes, but people have a right, do they not ---
17 A. Of course, they do.
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19 Q. -- to express their views, to picket?
20 A. Yes.
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22 Q. Right, OK.
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24 MS. STEEL: Could you get the counterclaim bundles?
25 A. Am I finished with this?
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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29 MS. STEEL: Yes, sorry.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: 1 or 2?
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33 MS. STEEL: 1, sorry.
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The white one with the pink rim,
36 Mr. Nicholson.
37 A. Yes, my Lord.
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Which divider?
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41 MS. STEEL: If we go to 78 first?
42 A. Yes.
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44 Q. Obviously, you have seen this before because it is
45 addressed to you?
46 A. It is addressed to me -- well, it is addressed to Paul
47 Preston; it is copied me.
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49 Q. Right. It is addressed to you and Mrs. Brinley-Codd?
50 A. Yes.
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52 Q. Is it basically the case that you asked Mr. Carroll to do a
53 report of the demonstration for the purposes of any
54 possible legal action that might be taken?
55 A. No, this would just be a normal departmental report
56 following the demonstration.
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58 Q. So, that is standard practice, whenever there is a
59 demonstration Mr. Carroll does a report to you?
60 A. Whenever there is a demonstration at Head Office he
