Day 168 - 03 Oct 95 - Page 04


     
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     2   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What I anticipate is it is a document which
     3        Mr. Logan has had and which he faxed up yesterday.
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     5   MR. RAMPTON:  I see that, but there it is.
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     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No doubt we will discover in due course.
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     9   MS. STEEL:   Can I just say, this was actually referred to by
    10        Mr. Richards yesterday when he said that the Company had
    11        responded to the one to 10 complaints that Mr. Logan had
    12        made to the Department of Employment.
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    14   MR. RAMPTON:  But, my Lord, my point about the timing is that
    15        Ms. Steel always sees criticisms where none are meant.  My
    16        point about the timing is this:  This emerges because of
    17        the handwritten piece of paper which Mr. Morris made in
    18        court yesterday.  It was never part of the case until
    19        then.  What that means is we have not had a chance to
    20        consider this.
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    22   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I am not adverse to your request.
    23        Mr. Morris, what do you want to say about the timing of the
    24        discovery application?
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    26   MR. MORRIS:  Our position is the documents that we are seeking
    27        are relevant.  Most of them, apart from ones related to the
    28        very specific people that we only need the names of the
    29        night before last, should have been disclosed when
    30        Mr. Richards made a statement.  It was obvious what the
    31        contention was between him and Mr. Logan.  Mr. Logan's
    32        complaints on leaving McDonald's, Mr. Richards said he had
    33        seen or he had knowledge of and, therefore, it could have
    34        been disclosed matters about that anyway.
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    36        I do not know what the Plaintiffs have done since
    37        yesterday.  We have not received yet the incident report
    38        forms, even though they were ordered and they were actually
    39        sought three weeks ago, and they were ordered a week ago,
    40        whatever it was.  They were allegedly put in the post last
    41        Thursday and we still have not received them, and even
    42        though audited report forms have to have copies kept at the
    43        Headquarters, so they must have them at Headquarters and
    44        they could also fax copies of them over if they have not
    45        arrived in the post.
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    47        Some of these documents which we have sought here are
    48        available through computers at Headquarters in any event.
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    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I am asking you about when -- this is the 
    51        substantial argument -- this is not something which can be 
    52        done in even half an hour, I do not think.  What I am 
    53        asking you to do is comment on my suggestion that we hear
    54        that as a set piece at some stage when we can find time for
    55        it, but since Mr. Richards is here, and I do not want to
    56        waste a day if I can avoid it, you continue with your
    57        cross-examination.
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    59        If, having heard the argument, I order discovery, we can
    60        look at the documents and see whether, in fact,

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