Day 111 - 30 Mar 95 - Page 09
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2 Q. Did you take that expectation seriously when you worked at
3 the plant?
4 A. Yes, of course I did. I would take that even if such
5 expectations did not exist because that would be proper
6 professional conduct.
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8 Q. Why were you dismissed?
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10 MR. RAMPTON: Does it matter why she was dismissed, my Lord?
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12 MS. STEEL: Yes.
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14 MR. RAMPTON: Unless it has something to do with food safety?
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If I may say so, I am not going to stop you
17 answering that question, but there are limits to how
18 helpful it is to start at the back and then work towards
19 the beginning. If you are going to go into any of the body
20 of things, which is in paragraph 6 and paragraph 7,
21 although Ms. Hovi is your witness and you are entitled to
22 take her in the order you like, it would be much more
23 helpful to me if you went into anything further you want in
24 relation to the matters set out in paragraphs 6 and 7 and
25 then came to the circumstances of her dismissal.
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27 MR. MORRIS: I just wanted to put, if you like, a whole stay at
28 the plant in some kind of context before going into the
29 details, if that is OK?
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I cannot see that it will throw you if you do
32 it the way I have suggested and then I can judge, since
33 Mr. Rampton has queried the relevance, on whether it is
34 relevant or not. It may very well be, but if we take it in
35 chronological order it will be that much easier for me to
36 see.
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38 MR. MORRIS: Mr. Rampton, of course, has already brought that up
39 with his own witnesses on circumstances, so he can hardly
40 say it is not relevant.
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42 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us see where we get to. If you elaborate
43 on 6 and 7, first of all.
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45 MS. STEEL: Can I just add that Mr. Rampton has kind of rather
46 sneeringly remarked on a few occasions as well that Ms.
47 Hovi was only there for three weeks. He obviously seems to
48 think -----
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us do it in a sensible way, taking it in
51 the order of how events happened and then you can take Ms.
52 Hovi to the conclusion. I always find it easier to read
53 the beginning and middle before I read the end.
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55 MR. MORRIS: OK. (To the witness) Before we embark upon the
56 detail, can you outline the public health considerations of
57 red meat production?
58 A. At the abattoir level, I assume you -----
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60 Q. Focusing on the abattoir level, yes, the context in which
