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     1        any legal action she should know about it.
     2
     3   Q.   So you were anticipating legal action at that time?
     4        A.  I did not know.
     5
     6   Q.   You do not know; you just sent it to her on the off-chance
     7        that they might have been thinking about it?
     8        A.  Any demonstrations that we have information about or
     9        came to our attention or there was correspondence, then
    10        I almost automatically transfer to Mrs. Brinley-Codd.
    11
    12   Q.   Did you also blank out the parts on this document?
    13        A.  No, I did not.
    14
    15   Q.   You did not.  What was written there?
    16
    17   MR. RAMPTON:  No, we cannot have that; it is blanked out by the
    18        legal advisers on the ground of irrelevance.
    19
    20   MR. MORRIS:  We are entitled to ask.
    21
    22   MS. STEEL:  Was it about the weather, about you being out on the
    23        picket and being interrupted by a phone call from your long
    24        lost aunt or what?
    25        A.  Can I answer that question?
    26
    27   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No, just sit down for a moment and I will
    28        hear argument about it.
    29
    30   MR. RAMPTON:  It was blanked out, my Lord, on the ground that it
    31        was irrelevant.  It had nothing to do with (and still does
    32        not have anything to do with) the issues in this case,
    33        namely, what was the character of the demonstration and
    34        whether or not the Defendants, or either of them,
    35        distributed the words complained of.
    36
    37   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What do you say about that?
    38
    39   MS. STEEL:  I mean, it is a report about a demonstration.
    40        I cannot really see how, unless it is something like a
    41        comment on the weather or being interrupted by his long
    42        lost aunt phoning, it can be about anything else other than
    43        something that is relevant?
    44
    45   MR. RAMPTON:  It has to do with the demonstration but not to do
    46        with any issue in this case.  The two things are not the
    47        same.
    48
    49   MS. STEEL:  The nature of the demonstration is an issue in this
    50        case. 
    51 
    52   MR. RAMPTON:  Bo it does not have to do with the nature of the 
    53        demonstration, the character of the demonstration, the
    54        duration of the demonstration, anything that happened at
    55        the demonstration, nor does it have anything to do with the
    56        identification of Ms. Steel who in any case was there, as
    57        we know.
    58
    59   MR. MORRIS:  Was it some indication of legal action?
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