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     1        20.
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     3   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I would thought it ought to be one.  If you
     4        and Ms. Steel can choose between you which one it is?
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     6   MR. MORRIS:  They can go to my address.  It is a plan envelope,
     7        not a Barlow, Lyde & Gilbert envelope.
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     9   MR. RAMPTON:  I do not know what a Barlow, Lyde & Gilbert
    10        envelope is.
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    12   MR. MORRIS:  One that says "Barlow, Lyde & Gilbert".
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    14   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes.  The other thing is, the addressing of the
    15        outward envelope is an entirely mechanical job.  I know the
    16        Defendants do have some help.  There are people here in
    17        court most days.  It is the sort of thing which one could
    18        easily just sit in court doing, in fact.
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    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  However that may be ---
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    22   MR. MORRIS:  It is little more complicated than that.
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    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  -- it does not take very long to address 40
    25        envelopes.
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    27   MR. MORRIS:  It is a little bit more complicated because we have
    28        to do a cover note and also some of our witnesses, we ought
    29        to check to see whether they are still at the address.
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    31   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I would like you to do your very best to get
    32        them all off by the end of next week and then we will come
    33        back to that.  In the meantime, before the end of next
    34        week, I will re-read the employment witnesses on both
    35        sides.  I think the way to get the schedule I have spoken
    36        of going is for McDonald's to start with their witnesses,
    37        putting in how long they would expect each to take in-chief
    38        on the assumption for the time being that they are going to
    39        be called because the relevant Defence witness or witnesses
    40        are going to be called.
    41
    42        In a moment I want to go on and look at what the timetable
    43        is for finishing the evidence.
    44
    45   MS. STEEL:  Can I say something?
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    47   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  I see you are standing so I will hear
    48        what you have to say first.
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    50   MS. STEEL:  We have not seen the timetable that Mr. Rampton has 
    51        drawn up so obviously we cannot comment on that except that 
    52        it may be ----- 
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    54   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I have not seen it yet.  We are going to come
    55        to that, I should think.
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    57   MS. STEEL:  It may be that the tribunal people will not all take
    58        two days each; some of them may, some of them may not.
    59        Mr. Nicholson, as well as being employment, is also
    60        publication.  I do not know how long he will take.  The