Day 074 - 16 Jan 95 - Page 51
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2 MS. STEEL: How far in advance was the party planned before it
3 took place? Was it about a month or just a couple of
4 weeks?
5 A. It must have been a few weeks now. I do not really
6 remember that, how far it was.
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8 Q. It does not matter too much. But anyway, as far as you are
9 concerned, after that time things were OK, were they? All
10 the problems were smoothed over, sorted out and everyone
11 was happy?
12 A. Yes, that is true.
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14 Q. Can you turn to page 775, please? This was about seven
15 months later?
16 A. Right.
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18 Q. Who is Jim Dawson?
19 A. Jim Dawson, he works for McDonald's. I do not know his
20 designation.
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22 Q. In Head Office?
23 A. In the Head Office, yes.
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25 Q. Who is Bill Austen?
26 A. Bill Austen also works in McDonald's Head Office.
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28 Q. Have you seen this note before?
29 A. I do not recall this note; it might have been, I do not
30 recall it.
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32 Q. "Whoever is working for you at the above Kings Road left
33 rubbish on pavements and antagonising neighbours/the
34 restaurant. When complained to they were rude". What do
35 you know about that?
36 A. I can only, by reading that letter, I can only
37 speculate because -----
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, that was not the question, you see. You
40 may be asked to speculate in a moment, but you are asked
41 what you know about that. The first thing is to decide
42 whether you know anything at all and, if you do, then to
43 say what you know. We have had an awful lot of speculation
44 in this case. You may be asked to speculate if you say
45 that you do not know anything. If you do know something
46 then it is a lot better than speculation.
47 A. I do not remember.
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49 MS. STEEL: You do not remember anything about this?
50 A. No, I do not.
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52 Q. If complaints are made to Head Office by members of the
53 public about a specific McDonald's store, do those
54 complaints get passed on to the store or what?
55 A. Yes, they do get passed on to the store.
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57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think we should say in the better copy in
58 the left-hand corner it has "5.6.92 discussed and advised
59 JD of" and then it is "PS", something, so it may be short
60 for "position". Did anyone get in touch with you about a
