Day 143 - 27 Jun 95 - Page 53


     
     1        Finland?
     2
     3   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
     4
     5   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, might I ask which paragraph in the
     6        pleading this relates to because ----
     7
     8   MR. MORRIS:  It relates to Denmark.
     9
    10   MR. RAMPTON:  I thought it was Finland.
    11
    12   MR. MORRIS:  It is the solidarity boycott in Denmark; the
    13        dispute at the time the negotiations had broken down in
    14        1989 in Denmark.  I just wondered if this refreshed your
    15        memory at all.  Let me just see if I can point you to the
    16        relevant ----
    17        A.  What is this document?
    18
    19   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Just pause for a moment.
    20
    21   MR. MORRIS:  If you look at page ----
    22
    23   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Page 4 you want, do you not?
    24        A.  My Lord, can I ask what I am reading?
    25
    26   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No, do not at the moment.
    27
    28   MR. MORRIS:  If you look at page 6 ----
    29
    30   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, this appears to be Finland.  I ask where
    31        is the passage in the pleading which deals with any of
    32        this?  I can only ----
    33
    34   MR. MORRIS:  No.  It is related to the Denmark situation.
    35
    36   MR. RAMPTON:  No, this is not pleaded anywhere.
    37
    38   MR. MORRIS:  It is relevant to the union that McDonald's only
    39        signed an agreement with the Danish union after a boycott
    40        campaign.  I asked Mr. Stein about this morning or
    41        yesterday, and he said he could not recall a boycott
    42        campaign.  I was going to ask him to read through that to
    43        see if this ----
    44        A.  Can I correct what he is saying?
    45
    46   Q.   --- refreshes your memory?
    47        A.  No.  What I have said is that throughout the 80s, my
    48        Lord, there were boycott campaigns by the union.  There
    49        were times when they seemed to be heating it up.  There
    50        were other times it diminished and disappeared.  Then it 
    51        would come back and then it would go down; then it would 
    52        come back and then it would down.  I believe -- well, those 
    53        are the facts and I believe that is what I would have
    54        testified to.  His characterisation is totally incorrect.
    55
    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Which is your item of pleading in relation to
    57        Denmark?
    58
    59   MR. RAMPTON:  Denmark, my Lord, is 106 which is an expanded
    60        version of 42.  Most of these trade union pleadings have an

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