Day 118 - 01 May 95 - Page 04


     
     1   MS. STEEL:  The visit had several purposes.  Firstly, we met
     2        with the American lawyer that had been our attorney, that
     3        had been making the discovery application, and we discussed
     4        various matters with him.  We also spoke to a number of
     5        witnesses of ours and new witnesses, whose statements we
     6        will be serving shortly.
     7
     8        We did not attend demonstrations for five or six days.  In
     9        the time we were over there we attended demonstrations on
    10        one day.  The rest of the time was either holiday or
    11        working on the case, either with the attorney or with
    12        prospective witnesses.  We have prepared some questions for
    13        Mr. Nicholson, and we had before as well.  We did spend
    14        time during the Easter break reading documents and
    15        preparing questions.  Dave is going to explain what he said
    16        on Thursday.
    17
    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What about the documents?
    19
    20   MR. MORRIS:  The documents, I spoke to Mrs. Brinley-Codd on the
    21        phone, and said that I was having difficulty completing
    22        them by the end of Friday. I worked all day Friday on
    23        them. She said it would be fine to send them express post.
    24        I posted them at 4 o'clock, or something, on the Friday
    25        express post.  We were left with the impression it was a
    26        guaranteed one day delivery.  So she said that would be
    27        fine.
    28
    29        Also what I said about the questions to Mr. Nicholson were
    30        about the documents as you have suggested.  That was what
    31        I meant.  I had not prepared specific questions about
    32        particular documents, what they meant.  But I just do not
    33        know what the purpose of Mr. Rampton's assault on us is at
    34        the beginning of our section of the case.
    35
    36   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Stop there because I want you to start and
    37        get on with your cross-examination.  I think what he is
    38        really saying is if it turns out during the
    39        cross-examination that a lot of time has been taken and
    40        there is no direction, then he will invite me to suggest
    41        that you have not been using the time you should have done
    42        to prepare, but I am certainly not going to prejudge it
    43        like that.  We will see the way your cross-examination
    44        goes.  I hope it is directed at the issues and you get
    45        through it with all due economy.  But that is why I asked
    46        about the documents.  What do the documents concern?
    47
    48   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, I have section -----
    49
    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I am minded to say at the moment is you 
    51        get on with your cross-examination now with Mr. Nicholson 
    52        and Ms. Steel takes such part as she wishes to take in the 
    53        cross-examination with Mr. Nicholson.  Do not use any of
    54        these documents for the time being.
    55
    56   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  I did say on Thursday, whenever it was, that
    57        of course Mr. Nicholson should have a chance to see the
    58        documents and it was in our interests that they got them as
    59        soon as possible.
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