Day 173 - 16 Oct 95 - Page 08

     
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     2   MS. STEEL:  I do not see it does.  As far as I can see, the only
     3        reason that it is in there is to try and assert that the
     4        Company was being quite reasonable and the union was
     5        agreeing that they were being reasonable, which is
     6        like -----
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     8   MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is admissible in the context which is set
     9        out there, I am afraid.  Yes.  Swear Mr. Mehigan.
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    11   MS. STEEL:   We have not had time to check the statement yet.
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    13   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You will have time during the day.  Let us
    14        just get on with it.  It is not very, very long.
    15        I disapprove of it being handed so late, Mr. Rampton.  It
    16        just leads to this kind of squabble.  In my view, the
    17        Defendants have just cause to complain but, equally, they
    18        will have plenty of time before Mr. Mehigan finishes giving
    19        his evidence to check it through.
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    MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I take that on board.
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    24                        MICHAEL MEHIGAN, sworn
    25                     Examined by MR. RAMPTON Q.C.
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    27   MR. RAMPTON:  Mr. Mehigan, are your full names Michael Mehigan?
    28        A.  That is correct.
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    30   Q.   Do you give your address as Pantry Franchise Ireland
    31        Limited, 8 Grants Road, Dublin 2?
    32        A.  That is correct.
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    34   Q.   Mr. Mehigan, how old are you?
    35        A.  55.
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    37   Q.   Mr. Mehigan, what was your first experience of McDonald's
    38        as a working environment?
    39        A.  My first experience was when I lived in Canada and
    40        I worked for a licensee of McDonald's Corporation in
         British Columbia in Vancouver.
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    43   Q.   What year was that?
    44        A.  That was 1969, I think it was, I joined them as a
    45        trainee manager.  I then -----
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    47   Q.   How long -- sorry, carry on.
    48        A.  I then continued to work for him for approximately two
    49        years, somewhere in that region, and he sold his interest
    50        in his restaurants to McDonald's Corporation; and I then 
    51        continued to work in the business and continued to work for 
    52        McDonald's. 
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    54   Q.   For the McDonald's Corporation or for the Canadian
    55        subsidiary?
    56        A.  The Canadian subsidiary.
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    58   Q.   How long did you continue as a an employee of the Canadian
    59        subsidiary of the US Corporation?
    60        A.  Until 1976.