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     1        have any recollection of that?
     2        A.  No.
     3
     4   Q.   You do not.  You not do not remember it ever being
     5        discussed?
     6        A.  No, and I am sure I would have done if a supermarket
     7        that I supplied had been involved, and I am absolutely
     8        positive that no supermarket has ever mentioned that
     9        subject to me or any of my staff.
    10
    11   Q.   But you were not the main person who was dealing with this;
    12        your technical manager could know more about it?
    13        A.  He could, but I am sure he would have told me.
    14
    15   MS. STEEL:   I think if I take the document back I might finish
    16        that section for now and get a copy of it so that if there
    17        is anything else that I want to bring up because it is
    18        quite hard -----
    19
    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I was going to suggest in any event that you
         can make copies.  As it is one document, if you want any
    22        assistance, Mr. Riley may be able to help you.  Get
    23        sufficient copies for everyone.
    24
    25   MS. STEEL:   OK.  (To the witness):  McDonald's told you they
    26        had made an admission of the outbreak of food poisoning in
    27        this case, did they?
    28        A.  Yes.
    29
    30   Q.   And that it was as a result of people eating hamburgers?
    31        A.  No, they did not tell me that.
    32
    33   Q.   They did not tell you that?
    34        A.  No.
    35
    36   Q.   Did you ask them why they were making the admission and
    37        what it related to?
    38        A.  No, because I have enough knowledge to know that if
    39        that is McDonald's policy, it is not my business.
    40
    MR. MORRIS:  Just one question on that Public Health -- the
    42        Final Report on a cluster of cases -----
    43
    44   MR. RAMPTON:  No, my Lord.
    45
    46   MR. MORRIS:  I am just reading out the name of the document.
    47
    48   MR. RAMPTON:  It is not allowed, with respect.
    49
    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Look, I cannot change the rules for you. 
    51 
    52   MR. MORRIS:  Then I think the rules should be changed.  They are 
    53        ridiculous.  I think it is just prevarication from the
    54        Plaintiffs.
    55
    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Listen, it is improper for counsel, and that
    57        includes a litigant in person, or the same is to be said
    58        for a litigant in person, in cross-examination to describe
    59        to the jury (and that means to the Judge or in the presence
    60        of the Judge) the nature of a document inadmissible in