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1 out -- if you can provide one tomorrow afternoon and do it
2 overnight, so much the better -- but, at least, a schedule
3 which gives us some useful indication of how long we are
4 likely to take.
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6 As I think you have probably been told, we are going to
7 start next term a day-and-a-half later than we might
8 otherwise have done for reasons which relate to my
9 movements. But I certainly think that can wait until
10 Monday morning.
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12 The question of the amendment, I think, can too. I can see
13 some attraction in having a half day on Monday to discuss
14 these things and get into the argument, if need be, on
15 amendment. You have also a point on documents. I forget
16 his name -- is it Mr. Bennett or Burnett looked at Jarret?
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18 MR. MORRIS: About the earliest I could physically get here is
19 10.15 at a rush. If it is necessary for tomorrow --
20 obviously, in general it is a bit of hard work, but I can
21 do it for tomorrow if that helps.
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will start Mr. Bowes at 10.15 tomorrow
24 morning. If we have time at the end of the day to move on
25 to procedural matters, whether they are scheduling or
26 matters like amendment or documentation, we will do so. In
27 any event, I will provisionally say that we will come back
28 to those on Monday morning before we actually start, is it
29 Mr. Chambers or Mr. Kenny?
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31 MR. RAMPTON: No, it is Mr. Chambers.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I know there was a shuffling and I could not
34 remember which way round it was.
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36 MR. RAMPTON: What we have done -- well, it does not matter. I
37 will not waste time. It is Chambers followed by Kenny
38 followed by Pattison followed by Bennett.
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Would you be able to say, without in any way
41 arguing it, at close of play tomorrow, Mr. Rampton, which
42 amendments you object to or which parts?
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44 MR. RAMPTON: I can certainly do that. The reason why I said I
45 would have quite a lot to say is that the amendments, some
46 I object to, particularly some parts of some. That is
47 easy. But the question is then for such as might be
48 allowed (and there are other reasons, perhaps, why they
49 ought not to be) there arise questions of discovery, one
50 might be thought to arise questions of discovery, and I am
51 afraid I have quite a lot to say about that.
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53 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That may be so. All I am suggesting is if in
54 the closing minutes of tomorrow afternoon we could each get
55 out the two sheets upon which there appear those 15
56 proposed amendments, I could put red ink brackets around
57 the ones you object to and Mr. Morris and Ms. Steel could
58 do. At least we could see the scope of it. I am not
59 asking you to do it now.
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