Day 188 - 15 Nov 95 - Page 02

     
     1                                      Wednesday, 15th November 1995
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     3   MR. MORRIS:  We will call our witness.
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     5   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
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     7                         ANNE TOBIN, affirmed
     8                      Examined by the Defendants
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    10   MR. MORRIS:  Can you give the court your full name and address,
    11        please?
    12        A.  Yes.  It is Anne Tobin, **************, *************.
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    14   Q.   How shall we address you; is it Miss or Mrs.?
    15        A.  Ms.
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    17   MR. RAMPTON:  I have lost contact with the screen. (Pause)  It
    18        does not matter.  It can be fixed during the adjournment.
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    20   MR. MORRIS:  You spent six months working as a researcher for
    21        Jane Gabriel Productions; is that correct?
    22        A.  Yes.
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    24   Q.   On the making of a documentary film about McDonald's
    25        employment practices?
    26        A.  Yes.  Well, not employment practices, but about what it
    27        was like to be in a McDonald's store.
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    29   Q.   What is your background; what is your academic background?
    30        A.  I went to Sussex University, where I obtained a
    31        First Class degree in history, and then did postgraduate
    32        research and got an MA.  That is my academic background.
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    34   Q.   What positions have you taken since then?
    35        A.  After leaving university, I worked for the GLC, in
    36        fact, as a senior policy officer, working on housing and
    37        transport in particular.  I then went -- I had worked
    38        previously for the BBC before I went to university, so
    39        after that I returned to television and did freelance
    40        research.  I worked for Jane Gabriel.  I have worked for
         Channel 4 Daily News programme on the Streetwise segment of
    42        that.  I have worked for Emmerdale television, for
    43        Emmerdale, on Yorkshire television.  My most recent job was
    44        working for BBC television's Heart of the Matter programme,
    45        where I was assistant producer.
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    47   Q.   What was that about?
    48        A.  I worked on a number of programmes for that.  The last
    49        programme that I worked on, in fact, was about the working
    50        of the Children Act, where I had to interview 
    51        Mrs. Justice Bracewell, in fact, for that. 
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    53   Q.   Right.
    54        A.  I spent some time working with her.
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    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Not that it is a matter which is going to
    57        affect the result, for the transcript, it is
    58        Mrs. Justice Bracewell, and it is her.
    59        A.  I said Mrs.
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