Day 117 - 27 Apr 95 - Page 43


     
     1        the others at the moment, but there may be some.
     2
     3   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You should be able to sort that out by about
     4        the middle of tomorrow, should you not?
     5
     6   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, if that is the thing I prioritise.
     7
     8   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  That is why I am raising it now, because it
     9        seems to me, I do not see why you cannot be getting that
    10        together and making your phone calls at the same time.
    11
    12   MR. MORRIS:  Maybe if the Plaintiffs could send a courier round
    13        to pick up any -----
    14
    15   MR. RAMPTON:  No, my Lord.  I have sat here long enough.  I am
    16        certainly not going to tempted by that.  I know what the
    17        Defendants have been doing, at any rate, for some of the
    18        time during the last two and a half weeks and it has not
    19        been preparing for the cross-examination of Mr. Nicholson,
    20        of that I am certain.
    21
    22        If the Defendants want to produce documents out of a hat at
    23        the last minute, then they must have your Lordship's leave
    24        to do so and they must serve them on us in good time by
    25        their own resources.
    26
    27   MS. STEEL:  I think that is a bit rich coming from Mr. Rampton
    28        who served similar documents only yesterday afternoon just
    29        as his witness was in the witness box.
    30
    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Why I am raising it now is that it seems to
    32        me that if you do prioritise, as you have described it,
    33        getting your documents together, I do not see why you
    34        should not get them to Barlows by the middle of tomorrow,
    35        quite frankly.  You must know the ones which are new and
    36        which you want to put to Mr. Nicholson.  You have obviously
    37        got friends who support you in relation to this case, and
    38        I should have thought you would be able to find someone who
    39        could take a bundle of documents into Barlows without any
    40        trouble whatsoever.
    41
    42   MR. MORRIS:  We will try to do that and get it to them as soon
    43        as we can.
    44
    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You must do your very best to get them there
    46        by the middle of tomorrow.  I know both sides have produced
    47        documents as people are actually in the witness box for the
    48        first time.  It has to be kept to a minimum.  When one has
    49        a warning that it is going to happen again, as in fairness
    50        to you you have, warn us now and then one has to get to 
    51        grips with it and say, "We will get them to the other side 
    52        by such and such a time". 
    53
    54        So I would like you to get the documents you want to put to
    55        Mr. Nicholson to Barlows around the middle of tomorrow.
    56        What I said to Mr. Nicholson in the witness box about not
    57        talking about employment matters is waived to the extent
    58        that Mrs. Brinley-Codd or anyone from her firm or
    59        Mr. Rampton or any other member of the Bar wants to ask
    60        Mr. Nicholson about.

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