Day 143 - 27 Jun 95 - Page 66


     
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     2   THE WITNESS:  My Lord, that was 116 in the employment area or
     3        116 in general?
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     5   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  116 in the employment area.
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     7   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, it is only fair for Mr. Stein to tell him
     8        that that 116 do not all deal with his field, I am bound to
     9        say.  Many of them are concerned with this country.
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    11   THE WITNESS:  I was starting to doubt about finishing Thursday.
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    13   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No, do not worry.  See if you can pick a
    14        topic which you can get through in five or 10 minutes,
    15        Mr. Morris, or Ms. Steel can.
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    17   MR. MORRIS:  Maybe something I was going to ask Mr. Stein at
    18        some stage but I can deal with it now.  It is actually
    19        something a bit light-hearted, maybe.  I can give him my
    20        original -- it is the book but actually the front cover is
    21        disclosed in that list that we were looking at at No. 2,
    22        our additional employment documents.  The book is called
    23        "McDonaldisation of Society" by George Ritzer.  Without
    24        giving our secrets away -- can someone tell me if we have
    25        disclosed any pages of this book rather than just the
    26        cover?
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    28   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No, I have just got the cover photocopied.
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    30   MR. RAMPTON:  Might I indulge Mr. Morris or try to persuade your
    31        Lordship to indulge Mr. Morris' request for an early leave
    32        this evening?  It is wholly unsatisfactory (a) to start
    33        quoting from books for all the old reasons which I
    34        have rehearsed over and over again; (b) to do it when
    35        Mr. Morris and the witness are the only people in court who
    36        have copies of the relevant pages -----
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    38   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Look, do not read from the book.  Just put
    39        what you want to put.
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    41   MR. MORRIS:  McDonald's had the book and they were able to make
    42        copies of it.
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    44   MR. RAMPTON:  I do not believe we have ever had the book.  We
    45        have a copy of the front page.
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    47   MR. MORRIS:  It was given to McDonald's for them to copy, if
    48        they wished.  If they did not copy it, that is OK by me,
    49        but -----
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    51   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do not make a reference to the book.  Put 
    52        what you want to put to Mr. Stein. 
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    54   MR. MORRIS (To the witness):  Mr. Stein, McDonald's takes action
    55        to prevent people using the "Mc" symbol, does it not, the
    56        "Mc"?
    57        A.  We have trademarks that we protect -- I am not a
    58        trademark expert.
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    60   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is a bit of a let down at 10 past four to

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