Day 173 - 16 Oct 95 - Page 11

     
     1                   Cross-examined by the Defendants
     2
     3   MS. STEEL:  You joined McDonald's Canada as a trainee manager;
     4        yes?
     5        A.  Yes, I joined as a trainee manager with an
     6        owner/operator, a licensee in Vancouver.
     7
     8   Q.   What position did you rise to while you were working in
     9        Canada, or did you remain as a trainee manager?
    10        A.  No.  I became a manager fairly quickly, in about a
    11        year.  I became a supervisor about 15 months after that.
    12        After that, I assumed responsibility for franchise
    13        enquiries for a year, and then I became a supervisor again
    14        before I left the Company to move back to Ireland.
    15
    16   MR. JUSTICE BELL: How many restaurants did that franchisee have
    17        in British Columbia?
    18        A.  From memory, my Lord, I think it was round 15 or 18, in
    19        that region.
    20
    MS. STEEL:   Sorry, you became a supervisor again before you
    22        left the Company?
    23        A.  That is correct.
    24
    25   Q.   Was that when the Company became a subsidiary rather than a
    26        franchise?
    27        A.  No.  I became -- that was after.  I was supervisor with
    28        the Company.
    29
    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  As I understand it -- tell me if I am wrong
    31        -- you became a manager for the franchisee; you became an
    32        area supervisor for the franchisee; the franchise
    33        restaurants were taken back by McDonald's or taken over by
    34        McDonald's?
    35        A.  Correct.
    36
    37   Q.   You had a job in franchise enquiries, working then for
    38        McDonald's; and you were then an area supervisor for
    39        McDonald's?
    40        A.  That is correct.
    41
    42   Q.   And then you came home?
    43        A.  That is correct, my Lord.
    44
    45   MS. STEEL:  Can you just explain?  I am still not sure.  Were
    46        you area supervisor, the second time round, were you area
    47        supervisor for the franchise Company or for the subsidiary
    48        Company?
    49        A.  For the Canadian subsidiary.
    50 
    51   Q.   When you had responsibility for franchise enquiries, were 
    52        you still working in Canada or were you elsewhere? 
    53        A.  No.  I was working in Canada.
    54
    55   Q.   So that was just for Canadian franchises, or -----
    56        A.  Yes, yes, for the enquiries in that country, yes.
    57
    58   Q.   Have you still got your statement there?
    59        A.  Yes.
    60