Day 263 - 14 Jun 96 - Page 37
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2 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That is entirely for me.
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4 MR. RAMPTON: A judge can do what he wants. My Lord, the only
5 other thing I should mention is that, so far as I am aware,
6 the only documents that I have emanating from witnesses
7 other than the ones that I have called or will call, are
8 reports; they are not notes.
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10 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am going to deal with how much of those
11 reports has actually been waived, anyway. I will have to
12 do that. It has not mattered to the Defendants whether
13 they were notes or reports. In fact, Mr. Morris
14 cross-examined on the report rather than the notes.
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16 MR. RAMPTON: What I do know from the reports and the notes
17 I have got is that in every case the terms of the report
18 are virtually identical, not always, with the notes. So
19 one can be fairly confident, if one discloses a report,
20 that it is going to reflect what the notes would have shown
21 if one had them.
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23 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Thank you. The only other thing I want
24 to ask before I rise, I gather someone is coming at two
25 o'clock today?
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27 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, it is Mr. George Leggett from Brick Court
28 Chambers.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Mr. Leggett will make his own application,
31 whatever it is. But do you know exactly what it was?
32 I was told it was something in relation to the return date
33 of the subpoena.
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35 MR. RAMPTON: I believe it is. Mr. Leggett had the courtesy to
36 tell me that he was coming to court today at two o'clock.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you know about this?
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40 MS. STEEL: We do know that -- well, Mr. Glen told us yesterday
41 that the solicitors for Lord Vestey had said that they
42 would be coming to court today to get the date put aside.
43 I actually phoned the solicitors who took out the subpoena
44 on our behalf this morning and asked them to contact them
45 and say that we were quite happy for him not to come on the
46 Tuesday anyway, but obviously we wanted another date when
47 he was prepared to come. Otherwise, you know, we have got
48 to sort something out on that field. I have not spoken to
49 the solicitors since then, so I do not know -----
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I suggest you do, I will resume at 10
52 past two, but I will ask Mr. Glen to phone Mr. Leggett's
53 chambers and say we are resuming at 10 past two rather than
54 two o'clock, but I suggest you get here around two or just
55 after and speak to Mr. Leggett himself and find out exactly
56 what he is here to ask for. I am sure he will be perfectly
57 willing to talk to you; and, indeed, he may welcome it.
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59 (Luncheon Adjournment)
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