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1 to finish this afternoon.
2 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You ought to be able to, ought you not?
3 MS. STEEL: We hope so, but we do not really feel we can
guarantee it.
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: What are your topics?
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MS. STEEL: There is quite a bit we have not been through so
6 far, dietary recommendations and things like that.
7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What is Professor Wheelock's position on
Monday?
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MR. RAMPTON: His position is somewhat clouded by the position
9 of Dr. Barnard, that is the trouble, and by the stacking
up which then takes places of Dr. Gregory.
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: As it happens more often, I get more
11 reluctant about breaking into a witness's evidence.
12 MR. RAMPTON: I agree. What is worrying me about Dr. Arnott is
that he is a practising oncological surgeon, whose
13 patients' well being might be considered perhaps more
important than some of the issues in this case at least.
14 I am not very willing to dislodge him. I would urge the
defendants, if at all possible, to leave E numbers, stuff
15 like that, for Professor Walker, who is coming next week,
and concentrate on Professor Wheelock's contentious
16 expertise.
17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What is Dr. Arnott's position as far as
availability is concerned?
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MR. RAMPTON: He has to work around his lists, but he managed
19 to do it for Monday.
20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Any expert witness appreciates that he may
have difficulty; the moment he puts pen to paper he knows
21 he may have a problem.
22 MR. RAMPTON: Yes. We have had problems with all of them so
far, not in any personal problem but in point of schedule.
23 It obviously would be beneficial to everybody, most
particularly Dr. Arnott and his patients, if we could
24 complete Professor Wheelock this afternoon, even if it
meant sitting a little longer.
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MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us see how we go. If we can finish
26 Professor Wheelock this afternoon, it would obviously
help, but you will have as much time as you need. Do not
27 think you have to go through things for the sake of going
through them. You are perfectly entitled to be selective
28 about the points where you really do hope to make some
ground and to concentrate on them. Do you understand?
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It has been made clear that you will not be criticised for
30 not challenging everything you dispute or even the greater
part of it; where it is important you should put something
