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1 relationship with the company?
2 A. I hesitate because I have not very much to say.
3 I understood there had been some difficulty in the
4 relationship.
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6 MR. RAMPTON: I hesitate whether this evidence is admissible;
7 I have to say it certainly is hearsay.
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9 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It just is not evidence.
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11 MR. RAMPTON: No.
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I suppose the fact that it was said might be
14 evidence, but you have gone a long way from the documents
15 now, have you not?
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17 MR. MORRIS: Yes. It is fine for Mr. Rampton to say it is not
18 evidence, but referring to documents that are not disclosed
19 is not evidence and calling a witness -----
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, you embarked on asking questions to
22 identify documents.
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24 MR. MORRIS: I understand that but, obviously, I want to get
25 back to Ms. Hovi about the documents and it struck me that
26 as Mr. Rampton asks: "Is it to have some relationship with
27 the witness", that he knew something that the court did not
28 know.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You steered him away from that, did you not?
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32 MR. MORRIS: Well, yes but -----
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You objected to him asking the question.
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36 MR. MORRIS: Yes, but, at the same time, I wanted to know what
37 he meant and that is why.
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39 MR. RAMPTON: I am sorry, my Lord, I am not going to say. There
40 may be matters which I put to Ms. Hovi in cross-examination
41 as to credit.
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Ask that question but we are going to rise at
44 1 o'clock anyway. I do not see why you need ask Mr.
45 Bennett ----
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47 MR. MORRIS: (To the witness) Could you explain the difficulty,
48 the impression you were given on what the difficulties
49 were?
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Not the impression. Can you remember
52 anything you were told about Ms. Hovi or her performance at
53 Jarretts?
54 A. I was told that she was very keen on certain aspects of
55 her job, that she seemed anxious to pursue matters which
56 she could not have been familiar with in the short time she
57 was present. I understood the gist of what was a general
58 comment about difficulties, that because of a
59 misunderstanding of the true nature of this type of
60 business, and a lack of sheer knowledge of the nuts and
