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2 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Why do you not leave that there? I have
3 asked Mr. Rampton to look at it. I would have thought on
4 what I know about the matter that Mr. Beavers should be
5 completed, cross-examination and re-examination, within
6 three days. On the other hand, I realise that he is as
7 near as one is going to have as a McDonald's witness in
8 this case to being the US equivalent of Mr. Preston in this
9 country.
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11 I do see a benefit in him coming to start evidence on a
12 Monday in a full week. But there we are. I am not going
13 to say any more about that now. I have asked Mr. Rampton
14 if he would enquire into it further. I will hear what he
15 says in due course.
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17 Can we just pick up the -----
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19 MR. MORRIS: Our own witnesses, shall I move on to those?
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Look, the first step is this, allowing for a
22 little bit of possible slippage over Mr. Chambers,
23 Mr. Kenny, Mr. Pattison returning and Mr. Bennett, you are
24 hopeful, are you, Mr. Morris -- Ms. Steel, if you want to
25 say anything, please do but I will address Mr. Morris for
26 the time being -- that we will finish those witnesses
27 Mr. Chambers, Mr. Kenny, Mr. Pattison and Mr. Bennett by
28 the end of next week?
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30 MR. MORRIS: We are hopeful. We are a little bit concerned
31 about Mr. Kenny only being -----
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He has a maximum of three days, he may be a
34 little less.
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36 MR. MORRIS: He may be a little less than that because of this
37 morning.
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I see. You have left two days for over-run
40 of one kind or another. I see your schedule. So, what you
41 are really saying, your estimate is that your witnesses can
42 really be expected to virtually fill the time up to Friday,
43 7th?
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45 MR. MORRIS: Yes. Can I just point out that we have a witness
46 who has not done a statement yet who is actually a person
47 that worked at Sun Valley as a catcher from the broiler
48 houses. We are trying to get a quick statement done from
49 him. I do not want to say -- we are in chambers -- I do
50 not believe he can actually write himself, so we are having
51 to work out a way of taking the statement from him in the
52 light of what Mr. Pattison was saying.
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54 We are trying to get that completed obviously before
55 Mr. Pattison gives evidence. That should not take too
56 long. That will probably be a day at the end of that
57 time. I do not want to give his name out at this stage.
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59 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But the purpose of a statement, if it is
60 signed, it may be thought that it carries with it some
