Day 201 - 15 Dec 95 - Page 17
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2 MS. STEEL: Can I just ask, does that mean that the Plaintiffs
3 are not going to be calling a witness in relation to
4 Heathrow?
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6 MR. RAMPTON: Ms. Steel is quite right. I had completely
7 forgotten about Heathrow. That will have to be fitted in
8 somewhere too. I am sorry about that. I have Mr. Beach on
9 my list and I forgot that he probably would be called..
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is there any objection to Mr. Beach being
12 called because I have not dealt with leave for him at the
13 moment?
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15 MR. RAMPTON: I am sorry, I should have said that. I am a bit
16 at sixes and sevens this morning. I am sorry about that.
17 I should have said that. No, I would not reasonably object
18 to Mr. Beach. I can deal him and will do so. Of course,
19 I shall need leave for my witnesses just the same, but if
20 your Lordship is going to give leave for Mr. Beech, then I
21 would respectively submit it would only be on the
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I give leave to call Mr. Beach which I had
25 already indicated I wished to give leave anyway. I will
26 merely indicate (and I would be surprised if the Defendants
27 objected) that it would only seem right that you should
28 call a witness, perhaps more, in response to Mr. Beach, but
29 it is important that a statement of any such witness or
30 witnesses be served fairly soon. Should I give a direction
31 that it be served by Friday, 8th January?
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33 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, that is a Monday. That is my birthday so
34 I know!
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, the schools go back or most of them do
37 on that date.
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39 MR. RAMPTON: It is Friday, 5th, my Lord. Besides Mr. Beach and
40 the four Colchester witnesses from the Defendants and
41 Mr. Logan for Bath, the only one I know to be outstanding
42 is Miss Lamb. As to the rest, if there are any of the
43 rest, I am not knowing.
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: There is Mr. Soriano?
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47 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, there is Mr. Soriano, that is right. He is
48 down for the 29th, I think -- that week anyway.
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do think it is important that we try to
51 pack the Colchester witnesses in at the beginning of next
52 term. We have had a number of days in the last two or
53 three weeks when we have had early days because witnesses
54 have only taken an hour or so. I have been prepared to
55 suffer that because I know there are problems, but with a
56 break now of something like four weeks before we come back,
57 even allowing for a proper break, it should be possible to
58 organise witnesses so that they are packed in.
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60 I hope the time it has taken to get through witnesses in
