Day 114 - 04 Apr 95 - Page 37

     
     1        continue with Dr. Long, if that is necessary, tomorrow and
     2        have Mr. Bruton here as well tomorrow or continue with
     3        Dr. Long, if that is necessary, on Thursday and have
     4        Mr. Bruton then.  Do not bother now.  What I do not want to
     5        do is come back for two less than full days when the
     6        evidence might all be completed in one.
     7
     8   MR. MORRIS:  If it was all heard on Thursday, then that would
     9        have the advantage of giving Mr. Rampton more time to look
    10        at the -----
    11
    12   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I will hear what Mr. Rampton has to say one
    13        way or the other, of course.
    14
    15   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, because I have, as I usually do,
    16        (inaudible) my cross-examination to a large extent, what
    17        will help Dr. Long know whether or not he is likely to have
    18        to come back on Thursday is whether, in fact, as Mr. Morris
    19        asserted yesterday, he has actually read the evidence of
    20        Dr. Gregory on pigs and cattle, Mr. Ashley Bowes on pigs
         and Mr. Tim Chambers on Midland Meat Packers.
    22
    23   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Can you come back on Thursday?
    24
    25   THE WITNESS:  Yes, I could make myself available for the court
    26        on Wednesday, tomorrow, or Thursday.
    27
    28   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  My present inclination (but I will hear
    29        anything anyone wants to say about it at the end of the
    30        afternoon) is that I think we should resume on Thursday
    31        because we have Friday for overspill anyway.  I hope that
    32        would be not be necessary.  If we continue with Dr. Long
    33        tomorrow, we are committed to Wednesday and Thursday.  If
    34        we continue with Dr. Long on Thursday morning, it may well
    35        be that one day will be sufficient for him and Mr. Bruton.
    36        Do you have anything to say about that, Mr. Rampton?
    37
    38   MR. RAMPTON:  No.  As I said, my Lord, at this stage I cannot
    39        predicts how long I shall be in cross-examination.
    40
    MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Would you be prepared to spend some time
    42        tomorrow, if you were given a reading list, looking at it,
    43        Dr. Long?
    44
    45   THE WITNESS:  Yes.
    46
    47   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It might be helpful.
    48
    49   THE WITNESS:  I am not sure what I am letting myself in for in
    50        reading ..... 
    51 
    52   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You are not letting yourself in for anything 
    53        because all you can do is do your best to get through as
    54        much as you can.
    55
    56   THE WITNESS:  I will do that.
    57
    58   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is not an exam, but if you can  -- if at
    59        the end of the day, Mr. Rampton says he would appreciate if
    60        you would read this that or the other if you have time,