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     1        asking our witnesses about them.  It is far harder for us
     2        to do things when we are in court than it is for the
     3        Plaintiffs because, obviously, we have nobody else to do it
     4        for us.  So, we will leave it in your hands but we would
     5        prefer it if it was sooner.
     6
     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I have to say they seem reasonable to me.
     8        The very last of the dates is, in fact, four weeks before
     9        we resume on 25th September, i.e. Monday, 28th August.  I
    10        appreciate that you need as much as possible but you have
    11        probably got plenty you can do if you wish with regard to
    12        future preparation in the meantime.  So, unless you have
    13        any positive objection for a specific reason, they do seem
    14        reasonable times to me.
    15
    16   MS. STEEL:  Provided that the Plaintiffs will try to disclose
    17        things as rapidly as possible.
    18
    19   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, Mr. Rampton has said that.
    20
    MR. RAMPTON:  I have said that.
    22
    23   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I direct then that the matters referred to in
    24        paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 14 from page 12 in the
    25        uncorrected version of what I said onwards, in respect of
    26        those the Plaintiffs should disclose the document or give
    27        an answer in respect of it by Monday, 7th August,
    28        Mr. Rampton having said that if the information is
    29        available before then, it will be given to the Defendants.
    30
    31        In respect of item 13, the matter should be dealt with by
    32        21st August and in respect of matters in paragraphs 7, 9
    33        and 12 by Monday, 28th August.
    34
    35   MS. STEEL:   I have a couple of things that I wanted to bring
    36        up.  Firstly, last year before his opening speech
    37        Mr. Rampton wanted the May 1991 video of the picket -----
    38
    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Can you keep your voice help, please?
    40
    MS. STEEL:  For his opening speech last year, Mr. Rampton wanted
    42        to use the May 1991 of the picket of McDonald's Head
    43        Office.  The Plaintiffs have lost their copy.  I returned
    44        the copy that we had.  I have asked on a number of
    45        occasions for a copy to be given to me and we still have
    46        not been given one.  The other matter that I wanted to
    47        bring up -----
    48
    49   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Let us deal with them one at a time.
    50 
    51   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, that is on our list to deal so soon as 
    52        the hearings end next Tuesday. 
    53
    54   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I will merely indicate that I think that
    55        should come back by Monday, 7th August at the latest to be
    56        added to your list of English matters.
    57
    58   MS. STEEL:   The other thing is that at one of the previous
    59        hearings for the counterclaim, we asked about the
    60        privileged document that was in the counterclaim bundle,