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     1        policy.  I said also that I am not sure about this
     2        document, that I have seen a lot of documents.
     3
     4   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I do not know that it is right to
     5        describe this document as a policy document.  It seems to
     6        contain a series of statements of fact published in the
     7        United States.
     8
     9   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We can argue about that in due course, if
    10        need be, but I think it is right that he said he is not
    11        aware of any policy.  Whether this is a policy and, if so,
    12        whether he should have been aware of it, is another
    13        matter.  Dr. Gomez Gonzalez can only speak of his own state
    14        of knowledge.
    15
    16   MR. MORRIS:  I think it might be a good time to break.
    17
    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Thank you very much.
    19
    20                       (The witness withdrew)
    21
    22        At some stage Dr. Gomez Gonzalez has to got to come back,
    23        so I would like you, when you have had an opportunity to
    24        read the documentation which was handed in this morning, to
    25        make some kind of estimate, and when, no doubt, you have
    26        had an opportunity to look back over what you have asked
    27        him, to make your best estimate of how long you think the
    28        remainder of your cross-examination will take.
    29
    30        If there is further discovery of other documents, of
    31        course, that may add to it, but I would like you to make
    32        the best estimate you can and let Mrs. Brinley-Codd know.
    33        Mr. Rampton can then add something to the estimate for
    34        slack, as it were, and add some time for his re-examination
    35        and be able to tell Dr. Gomez Gonzalez how long it is
    36        anticipated he will be in this country.
    37
    38   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  There are two points on that.  We think that
    39        on our present -----
    40
    41   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Hold your fire on it because I do not know
    42        whether you have had an opportunity look at the documents.
    43
    44   MR. MORRIS:  Not really, no.
    45
    46   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I am not going to stop you giving your best
    47        estimate now, but I think you should sit down and think
    48        about it when you have seen the new documentation.
    49
    50   MR. MORRIS:  There is a substantial amount to go of his 
    51        evidence.  On that point, if the Plaintiffs are thinking of 
    52        producing another schedule for tomorrow, I think it would 
    53        be good practice to try to complete witnesses like,
    54        obviously, Dr. Gomez Gonzalez, for example, to finish him
    55        as soon as possible rather than leave him hanging in the
    56        air, if you like.
    57
    58   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  That may be so in principle but there are
    59        other factors.  It applies to your witness, for instance,
    60        it applied to Ms. Dibb, just as an example I recollect,

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