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     1        for preparation of speeches.  I do not mind saying that at
     2        a time when I thought we might finish at about the end of
     3        May, I wondered whether the right course to take would be
     4        not to sit again until early September, which would mean
     5        that you have a major part of June and July and August,
     6        subject to any holiday you took and other matters you had
     7        to deal with.  As it became more likely that the evidence
     8        would go Mr. Rampton said towards the middle of June, I
     9        have to say I thought perhaps the end of June, then I began
    10        to wonder whether it was practicable to sit at all in
    11        September and whether the most realistic approach was to
    12        break off at the end of the evidence until the beginning of
    13        the  normal term, which is normally (as you know) somewhere
    14        like 3rd October, something like that.  You see, now that
    15        Mr. Rampton thinks that we may not finish the evidence
    16        until the middle of July, he is suggesting not starting
    17        again until the second week in October.  But I need to know
    18        what you say about that.
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    20        The witnesses in the weeks immediately after the Easter
    21        vacation -- that is from Tuesday, 16th April -- are the
    22        most important, because we have to  fill time then and not
    23        come back after being away from court for nearly two weeks,
    24        away from this court probably, subject to me delivering any
    25        rulings, for over two weeks and then find we have witness
    26        trouble almost as soon as we get back.  But I would be
    27        grateful if you could help me on those matters after we
    28        have dealt with the question of amendment of the pleadings
    29        on Thursday.  10.30 on Thursday.
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