Day 144 - 28 Jun 95 - Page 75
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2 MR. MORRIS: We are preparing a list. I have a list; Helen has
3 a list.
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5 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Look, I think you should prepare a list.
6 I am not suggesting you are not doing your best, but if you
7 cannot, for whatever reason, get out a list with the little
8 summary I asked you to give and giving sufficient
9 particulars of what you want to raise, the answer is that
10 one will have to say, no, we cannot deal with the
11 interlocutory matters yet, and we must continue with the
12 evidence next week.
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14 I do not want to do that because I would like to get to
15 grips with the outstanding interlocutory matters. So, do
16 your very best to write out overnight (and, for my part, it
17 does not matter if it is in longhand because you both write
18 pretty legibly) what your heads are and if there are
19 documents, list them; the amendments, for instance, I will
20 assume they are the ones of which we have already had typed
21 notice, but if there are any others, write those out
22 expressly or, at least, what the topic is so it can be
23 readily identified.
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25 What I would really like you to do is to bring that into
26 court with you in the morning. If Ms. Steel, although
27 tired at 20 past four, can make a fair fist of running
28 through in headline what the topics are, between you
29 I think you ought to be able to write out overnight the
30 list that I have asked for.
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32 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I had not quite finished actually when
33 Mr. Morris interrupted. If the Defendants are going to
34 take advice upon this bizarre idea that it now an
35 appropriate time to strike out some part of the claim in
36 relation to diet and ill-health, I would urge them, through
37 your Lordship, to show to such legal adviser, if there be
38 one, the amended Statement of Claim in this area of the
39 case together with your Lordship's judgment giving leave
40 for that amendment. It may be, I know not, that the
41 adviser would think it had some considerable bearing on the
42 question.
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I am not going to say any more unless it
45 deters you from taking advice which you wish to take. You
46 must take advice from whoever you wish; I have urged you to
47 from time to time on matters which I thought had a
48 technical aspect in case you were at a disadvantage.
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50 You must take your own advice and make whatever
51 applications you consider appropriate in the light of it.
52 But please come to court in time for 10.30 in the morning
53 with the list, otherwise there is a risk we will just go on
54 with evidence next Monday rather than dealing with the
55 applications and I do not think that would be in your best
56 interests.
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58 (The court adjourned until the following day)
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