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     1   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is in pink 15, behind No. 15.
     2        A.  Yes.
     3
     4   Q.   Divider F96.
     5        A.  Pardon?
     6
     7   Q.   96 in that.
     8        A.  Yes.
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    10   MS. STEEL:   Pink 15.
    11
    12   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    13
    14   MR. MORRIS:  I have got a document.  At the bottom it has 1545
    15        on it.
    16
    17   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  1544.
    18
    19   MR. MORRIS:  Right.
    20
    MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is the very beginning of it.
    22
    23   THE WITNESS:  Yes.
    24
    25   MR. MORRIS:  Maybe if we get that out of the way?  I will just
    26        read out the relevant parts, so we do not have to go back
    27        to it.  I will just read your letter that you wrote --
    28        I cannot remember -- yes, it arrived 2nd December 1993 to
    29        me.
    30
    31        "Dear Sir, I am prepared to verify the statement I gave to
    32        the Industrial Tribunal Commission on 9th January 1991
    33        concerning my dismissal from McDonald's Restaurant Plc.
    34        Before my claim came to tribunal, McDonald's settled,
    35        offering me a £750 cash payment and a new contract.  Yours
    36        faithfully, Mike Logan."  Then the tribunal letter which
    37        you verify.  Those documents are the documents from the
    38        tribunal, are they?
    39        A.  Yes, 1546, yes.
    40
    Q.   Yes?
    42        A.  Yes.
    43
    44   Q.   If I just read that, 1546 and 7 -- I think that is the
    45        relevant part:  "At the beginning of October I told Jane
    46        Jarvis, Store Manager of McDonald's Bath, that I was
    47        starting to look for another job.  We both agreed that when
    48        I found another job I would give her my notice to quit.
    49
    50        On 3rd November, after missing my shift the previous day, 
    51        I was told by my flatmate, who also worked for McDonald's 
    52        Restaurants, that I would be sacked unless I rang the Store 
    53        Manager.  I tried to contact her but she was unavailable.
    54
    55        On 4th November, I managed to contact the Store Manager who
    56        told me that I had given my notice, that I was resigning.
    57        I felt I had no choice but to accept the statement - as
    58        I needed a reference from her for future job applications.
    59
    60        Several weeks later I received a letter from my local