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     2   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think what Mr. Rampton said that was a
     3        check would be made that the documents found in London were
     4        the same as the ones, but there were not additional ones in
     5        an Oakbrook file to the ones which had been found at
     6        Barlow's.
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     8   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  So we are waiting for that.  The Jungle
     9        Burger matter seems to have been overtaken by events.
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    11   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
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    13   MR. MORRIS:  The Germany soya documents -- Mr. Rampton, we
    14        believe, missed the point, which is that we were not
    15        expecting the documents in the possession of Dr. Schumm or
    16        Sudfleisch; we were expecting the documents in the hands of
    17        McDonald's Germany, relating to this issue.  We have not
    18        had, as yet, one document from McDonald's Germany relating
    19        to this issue that has been pleaded for a substantial
    20        number of years in the case; and it being a matter of
    21        controversy and investigation, clearly, two expert
    22        reports.
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    24        So, all I am saying on that is that Mr. Rampton gave the
    25        impression:  how would Dr. Schumm, let alone Sudfleisch,
    26        let alone LO Fleischwarren -- and he painted this great
    27        long chain where no documents could possibly be in the
    28        possession, power or control of McDonald's; and we are
    29        looking for the documents that are in the possession, power
    30        and control of McDonald's in Germany on this issue, and we
    31        have already outlined the kind of documents that we would
    32        be looking for.  It is not the expert documents, but the
    33        factual documents about supply sources and their feed.
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    35        I think the US beef labelling law -- well, we have
    36        statements and some legal matters, legal documents, on that
    37        already.
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    39        It leaves the Heathrow documents and the US video.  Do you
    40        want me to deal with them while we are on the subject?
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    42   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well, has Ms. Steel finished what she wants
    43        to say about the environment discovery?
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    45   MS. STEEL:  I have, basically.  It is just that I have a fear
    46        about something which I am trying to check.
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    48   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Sit down and think about that before we go on
    49        to anything else.  What I want to do, even though it
    50        involves -- I want to ask Mr. Rampton about two matters. 
    51        So I will do that now, so that you end up having the last 
    52        word. 
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    54        The first thing is this:  I cannot remember, and I do not
    55        want to look all through my notes, whether I invited you to
    56        address me on the out of bound regions map of Costa Rica
    57        which it appeared Mr. Cesca thought he had but then, when
    58        the map turned up -- it was Costa Rica and not Guatemala,
    59        was it?
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