Day 119 - 02 May 95 - Page 28
1 without calling the witness. If you can say: "Oh, well,
2 look, he is a manager for McDonald's and we ought not to be
3 expected to put him in the witness box; here is his
4 statement, that ought to be enough", put in colloquial
5 language. Anyway, let us move on now.
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7 MS. STEEL: I found the reference to one or two things in there
8 that "surprised" Mr. Nicholson. It is on page 11, line
9 29. You said one of those things was the way the rap
10 sessions were held surprised you. Was there anything else
11 that you wanted to say that surprised you about the video?
12 A. No, not really. The one that stood out -- first of
13 all, I have a feeling that Paul Hickling is in direct chain
14 of command above that restaurant. That would be unusual.
15 Secondly, it lacked the fervour that you generally find in
16 a rap session but, as I made the point, I feel, perhaps,
17 the intrusion of the cameras probably affected the crew
18 people.
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20 Q. But in terms of the video as a whole, that was the only
21 thing that stood out in your mind as being surprising?
22 A. And the fact that I felt that, certainly, the opening
23 sequence and, perhaps, once or twice afterwards when it
24 showed a shot down the behind the counter of the restaurant
25 the film had been slighted speeded up; that people were
26 moving faster than I would have anticipated anybody would.
27 I mean, that is all, otherwise it was a film of life in the
28 Strand and Croydon.
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30 Q. McDonald's?
31 A. Yes. As I say, I recognise ever so many of the staff
32 there.
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34 MR. MORRIS: Working through your evidence-in-chief, you said
35 that for the under 18 year-olds working illegal hours, or
36 something, that you did not know of it. You were asked how
37 often has it been broken in practice and you said you do
38 not know of it.
39 A. No. May I just correct you? I know of the three
40 admitted cases.
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42 Q. Right.
43 A. Simply because -- they happened before my time, I was
44 not aware of them.
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46 Q. The prosecutions?
47 A. Yes, that is right, but since that time I have no
48 knowledge of any infringements of the regulations.
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50 Q. You know there has been an admission, do you not --
51 I cannot recall where it is now -- about two employees that
52 worked -- if the Plaintiffs could help me? There has been
53 an admission, I believe, about something we came across by
54 chance regarding the two employees from a particular
55 store. Harrison somebody of other -- let me see if I can
56 find the quote.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is 2nd November 1982 -- is that the one?
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60 MR. MORRIS: No, not these ones they were prosecuted for. Maybe
