Day 255 - 23 May 96 - Page 52
1 productive cross-examination of Mr. Nicholson this
2 afternoon.
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4 MR. MORRIS: Right. Can I ask one last question on the Scope
5 meetings: The solicitors that attended the meetings, as we
6 have seen, were they there to ensure that you were in
7 possession of ----
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9 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You cannot ask that, I am afraid. That is
10 right across the privilege immunity.
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12 MR. MORRIS: They heard what was going on.
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14 MS. STEEL: This is not on the Scope thing but there is just
15 one thing I would like to ask or clear up while I have
16 time.
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18 There is a document that was served the other day which is
19 about an attendance note.
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I put that, by the way, at the back of the
22 section of yellow 2 which has Mr. Nicholson's -- it is one
23 sheet of paper. Perhaps someone can give a copy to Mr.
24 Nicholson. I put it at the very back of the divider 1 in
25 yellow 2, in other words, behind the second supplementary
26 statement and behind the Terry to Eddie note.
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28 MS. STEEL: Right, yes. Have you got a copy,?
29 A. No.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just borrow mine for the moment. I can
32 remember what it has on it. (Handed).
33 A. Thank you, my Lord.
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35 MS. STEEL: It says, "London Greenpeace: On 29th September and
36 4th October S.N and I.V.P.J met with (1) Mr. Hartley of
37 Kings Investigation Bureau Limited and (2) Mr. Spears of
38 Robert Bishop respectively. Both were instructed to
39 infiltrate London Greenpeace to obtain as much information
40 as possible about the organisers of the group and, in
41 particular, the people responsible for writing,
42 distributing, publishing and printing defamatory
43 information about McDonald's. Neither are aware of the
44 other's existence and both have been informed of the strict
45 requirement of secrecy."
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47 Just before I ask you about that, S.N is you and I.V.P.J
48 would be Mr. Jenkins from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert?
49 A. Yes.
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51 Q. Is this basically an accurate record -- well, is this an
52 accurate record of the instructions, except obviously you
53 must have gone into a bit more detail?
54 A. It is highly shortened.
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56 Q. But this is completely accurate?
57 A. Well, I asked them to obviously find out your funding
58 and whether there was any association with other groups, so
59 it is not full. But everything that is in there were
60 things I asked them to do.
