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                                                                  DAY 216
 
                                             KEVIN HARRISON, Re-examined:
 
 
 
     1        cross-examination until the person who has called a witness
     2        has a transcript of his evidence-in-chief.
     3
     4   MS. STEEL:  I do not think that is -- I mean, it is just that it
     5        is different when you go straight on because it is all
     6        still fresh in your mind what people have said, and things
     7        like that, but where there is a gap and it is quite, I do
     8        not know, because a lot of it was quite complex and was
     9        commenting on what Plaintiffs' witnesses had said and stuff
    10        like that, it is kind of -- I do not know.  I mean, I find
    11        it quite hard to follow and remember exactly what has been
    12        said.
    13
    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  All he is doing is coming back for
    15        cross-examination and then re-examination which arises out
    16        of cross-examination.  So, I would like you to see if you
    17        can get him to come back on the Monday afternoon, the
    18        Tuesday or Wednesday.  How long should be allowed for
    19        Mr. Logan, Mr. Rampton?
    20
    21   MR. RAMPTON:  It will be sensible to allow -- I do not say
    22        I will take it -- two days on his return.  It might only be
    23        a day.  But there are a lot of documents, as I recall.  In
    24        other words, what I am really saying is it would not be
    25        sensible for him to, as it were, pack his bags, or expect
    26        him to pack his bags, on the first day.
    27
    28   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I would like you to do, and I am only
    29        suggesting this because if I can help with the scheduling
    30        that is probably a good thing, is see if he can come either
    31        on Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning of next week.
    32
    33   MR. MORRIS:  Right.
    34
    35   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  But also see whether Mr. Brett and Mr. Olive
    36        can be fitted in during that time because you have two and
    37        a half days.  If it is reasonable to conclude from what
    38        Mr. Rampton said that it is unlikely that he will, in fact,
    39        need more than a day and a half, I would have thought
    40        Mr. Olive and Mr. Brett could be got into a day between
    41        them and there you have two and a half days of witnesses,
    42        and we will probably find that we have time to spare.  If
    43        we have, we can all go away early to prepare for the
    44        environment rainforest witnesses.
    45
    46   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, I will attempt to do that.
    47
    48   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Make a determined effort in relation to that,
    49        please, and then you can let me know on Friday when we come
    50        back for Mrs. Hovi what the position is.  Have you 
    51        cancelled the appointment on the afternoon of the 9th 
    52        again? 
    53
    54   MR. MORRIS:  No, I have not.  I put it back to four o'clock.
    55        But if it looks like she is near finishing, then -----
    56
    57   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Keep it at four and we will see how we go.
    58
    59   MR. MORRIS:  I will be happy to leave and let Ms. Steel deal
    60        with it.  Obviously, it depends how much material left
 
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