Day 247 - 10 May 96 - Page 67
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2 MS. STEEL: Well, I think at the minimum somewhere between an
3 hour or two. But we have not had very long to look at
4 Mr. Nicholson's statement. I mean, we might think of
5 more-----
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7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Are you ready to carry on now, or do you want
8 to start with it fresh on Monday morning?
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10 MS. STEEL: To be honest, I am pretty tired.
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Would you like to go and sit down,
13 Mr. Preston. You will not be asked any more questions this
14 afternoon. (The witness withdrew).
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16 I am afraid it means that Mr. Preston will have to come
17 back on Monday morning for the completion of
18 cross-examination.
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20 MR. RAMPTON: Yes. My Lord, I can offer another witness for
21 Monday, because I do not want to have another half day on
22 Monday. I hope it would be less than an hour that the
23 publication questions take, since Mr. Preston has already
24 given some fairly conclusive answers when he was
25 cross-examined about publication on Tuesday of this week.
26 However, I do have another witness that I can offer for
27 Monday as well and I would like to go straight on with him.
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Who is that?
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31 MR. RAMPTON: That is Mr. Howes, the solicitor, who was in
32 court.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Where did I put him?
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36 MR. RAMPTON: I have also got Mr. Nicholson.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Where did I put Mr. Howes?
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40 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, he would have gone into publication,
41 which is yellow 2. I am sorry, I cannot remember the tab
42 number, but he would be towards the back.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: 2A.
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46 MR. RAMPTON: Yes. He is very short. Mrs. Brinley-Codd put him
47 in volume yellow 2 at tab 11.
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49 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Someone was told I was to put it at divider
50 2A for some reason.
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52 MR. RAMPTON: So long as your Lordship has it for the moment.
53 You can see how short it is. It may be that it will not
54 even be contested. I do not know.
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I have it in mind to do is go on to
57 Mr. Howes after Mr. Preston has completed his evidence.
58 Hopefully, all that will be completed by 1 o'clock, and
59 then I would be prepared to say Mr. Nicholson, but we can
60 start him at 10.30 on Tuesday morning.
