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1 you to pay particular attention to this page and those
2 paragraphs" so I can mark them up. I will not say any more
3 at this stage, because what I want to try and avoid, if
4 possible, is spending long parts of the day reading more
5 than it is necessary to read. I will read it all myself.
6 So think about that, please.
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8 Apart from anything else -----
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10 MR. MORRIS: Can I just say relating to that that the article
11 verified by Doctor Jim Nations, I am getting -- there is a
12 page that was badly photocopied; it was obscured -- page
13 17, I believe it was -- on the version that was printed in
14 the environment magazine. I am trying to get the original
15 article in any case, which was in NVO, but I am trying to
16 get the page, the part of the page that is obscured on page
17 17 and also trying to get a copy of the map. I have
18 contacted the person who made the map. Remember the map
19 that showed deforestation, the question of deforestation in
20 Central America? I have contacted the person who made the
21 map for that publication and he has sent me in the post a
22 copy.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Very well. Thank you. Apart from anything
25 else, I ask that your environment witnesses be put in at
26 one a day rather than wider apart. To ensure that we get
27 through them comfortably within the day, if we possibly
28 can, it would be a kindness to them not to have them
29 standing in the witness box for a long time while long
30 statements are read or articles which are incorporated in
31 their statement. It may not particularly apply to the ones
32 you have got Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but even with
33 those, particularly, perhaps, Mr. Secret and Miss Watson --
34 Miss Watson who has got a number of articles and things
35 attached to her statement ---
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37 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: -- it is not a kindness to them if they have
40 to stand in the witness box while someone reads at them for
41 a long period and then find that that leaves insufficient
42 time for cross-examination, so they have got to come back
43 the following day when it might be avoided, or even they
44 are here longer during the day than is necessary. I am
45 only saying this so you can give a bit of thought to it
46 before they come into the witness box.
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48 The other matter is this, and it relates back to the
49 argument we had yesterday and what Ms. Steel said about
50 inspection of documents in the possession of Barlow Lyde &
51 Gilbert. There is a day when we are not in court
52 tomorrow. It looks as if there may be a day, mainly
53 Thursday of next week, when we are not in court. There are
54 preparation days, as they have presently been designated,
55 on Tuesday and Wednesday of the week after and I do urge
56 you to make as prompt arrangements as you can to see
57 whatever it is you would like to see in relation to that
58 documentation. I am not going to interfere in it any more,
59 but I think it would help the future conduct of the case if
60 you do it as soon as you can.
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