Day 147 - 04 Jul 95 - Page 34
1 note. I cannot see any reason on earth why we should not
2 have it.
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4 As I said to your Lordship this morning, it was offered to
5 the Defendants in the belief that they would use it in good
6 faith. They can still have it, but only so long as it does
7 not contain any means of printing out what it contains. By
8 that means, that whole question is of course by-passed. In
9 other words, the undertaking which I have asked for is not
10 a condition of the continued use of CaseView on the screen,
11 but only of the provision of the disk which enables its
12 contents to be printed out at the end of the day. That is
13 obvious, because if I remove the transcripts then,
14 obviously, if I do not remove the disk from CaseView as
15 well, that is just another source for disinformation.
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17 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. What I suggest, Ms. Steel, is that you
18 take the opportunity to make a phone call now. I will ask
19 for the court to be cleared, and I will stay here and give
20 a little thought to the matter, in the hope that I might
21 then give judgment later this afternoon.
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23 What I would like you to do -- I will not sit before
24 quarter to three again, anyway -- but as soon as you are
25 ready to continue, will you let Mr. Riley know. If you are
26 not ready at quarter to three, I would like you to let
27 Mr. Riley know, or ask Mr. Morris to give him a message as
28 to how much time you would like, and I will send a message
29 back with Mr. Riley.
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31 MR. MORRIS: Can I ask one question? I made an interruption to
32 Mr. Rampton when he made a personal slur on me. Is it not
33 appropriate for the court to ask Mr. Rampton not to make
34 puerile, personal attacks on my domestic life, or whatever,
35 because if he is going to do so I am going to make a very
36 strong and vicious attack on him and his position.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I did not understand him to be making a
39 personal -- refer me to it.
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41 MS. STEEL: He was referring to both of us, and I am equally
42 offended by what he said.
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44 MR. MORRIS: He said something about hard work, which we are
45 resistant to. I have spent five years of my life fighting
46 this case and looking after a six year old boy -- he is now
47 six -- thanks to McDonald's trying to suppress criticisms
48 in this country. It is very, very hard work.
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Mr. Morris, find it for me, please.
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52 MS. STEEL: It is page 29.
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54 MR. MORRIS: I do not have "menials", as Mr. Rampton calls them,
55 to chase around for him. I do not get œ2,000 a day for
56 coming here. I get nothing for coming here.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: In so far as you were suggesting that there
59 was a resistance to hard work by either of the Defendants,
60 I would refute that, Mr. Rampton. I had not understood you
