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     1        whether he can call them or not, is within his control
     2        anyway, until he knows about Mr. Monroe.  I am not sure
     3        Mr. Morris needs to know about Mr. Monroe to make a
     4        decision in that, but however that may be, if he could be
     5        given a decision at the beginning of next week, he knows
     6        where he stands so far as Mr. Monroe's evidence is
     7        concerned.
     8
     9   MR. RAMPTON:  By then at the latest, my Lord.  Can I also say
    10        this whilst I am standing up, and then I will sit down.  I
    11        have some progress reports to make to your Lordship, but
    12        I will make those in due course.
    13
    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The next topic on my list was loose ends from
    15        the discovery ruling.  Is any of the information in
    16        relation to that?
    17
    18   MR. RAMPTON:  That is a bit opaque.  We have done what
    19        Mr. Morris said we would do and I apologise to him for
    20        having slighted his knowledge of computer science.  We have
    21        printed out not in the same form as it comes out, in a
    22        different form, to the missing periods from Heathrow.
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Are from any loose ends in relation to the
    25        Heathrow documents?
    26
    27   MR. RAMPTON:  Not now; I do not believe so.
    28
    29   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Is there anything you want to say on that Mr.
    30        Morris?
    31
    32   MR. MORRIS:  We would obviously like to have them.
    33
    34   MR. RAMPTON:  Of course.  We are not going to keep them or
    35        ourselves.
    36
    37   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  They can be handed over before the end of
    38        this week, can they?
    39
    40   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, my Lord.  I think that is the only remaining
    41        discovery matter, save for this.  In your Lordship's ruling
    42        on rainforest discovery, in relation to the area from which
    43        Goias Carne gets its beef, what your Lordship said was
    44        either we should pursue Mr. Morganti, or else elect to
    45        submit an order for discovery.  Mr. Morganti has said that
    46        he is willing to provide as good a list as he can of where
    47        Goias Carne gets its beef from, and he is in the process of
    48        doing that.
    49
    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  When will arrive? 
    51 
    52   MR. RAMPTON:  That I cannot say, but I hope -- it was in hand 
    53        last week and I know it is because I was in London and
    54        I spoke to the American lawyers, and I know that it is in
    55        hand.  If it does not arrive, in your Lordship's view in
    56        good time, then I will invite your Lordship to make the
    57        order for discovery in any event.
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Well ----
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