Day 257 - 06 Jun 96 - Page 04

     
     1        there is anything else it is probably going to be--
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     3   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think you can do it in longhand perfectly
     4        well, write a list of topics down.  It should not really
     5        take very long, you probably remember most of them, even
     6        though you have to look at some of the papers to make sure
     7        you have a complete list, because I really would like you
     8        to hand that over on tomorrow some time.  From my point of
     9        view I am not going to ask Mr Rampton to say anything at
    10        this moment unless he wishes to do so, but at least if you
    11        have written a list of topics and points, including the
    12        ones you mentioned on Tuesday afternoon, one can see
    13        whether -- well, I can get to grips with it in my own mind.
    14
    15        So, I would start making that list up in any moments you
    16        have.  My experience in making a list of topics is to get
    17        started and then every so often one thinks of something
    18        else and over a period of 24 hours one can really do quite
    19        a lot, just using literally a minute at a time.
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         Right.
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    23   MR. RAMPTON:  Can I mention one thing, I am a bit puzzled by the
    24        proposal to recall Mr. Cannon, Wednesday 19th.  There are
    25        two reasons for that.  First, I am not going to have any
    26        supplementary statement from him.  Second, as far as I am
    27        concerned his evidence was complete.  I think I gave an
    28        indication that I did not require him to come back for
    29        further cross-examination.  I said the same thing about
    30        Professor Crawford, and your Lordship gave an indication so
    31        far as Professor Crawford was concerned that he did not
    32        find that very helpful.  So, I said I will continue to
    33        cross-examine Mr. Crawford but I have no need for
    34        Mr. Campbell, for the principal reason that he is not a
    35        scientist.
    36
    37   MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think some time next week you should let us
    38        know what evidence Mr. Cannon is going to give.  I have to
    39        say, at the moment I have a great deal of difficulty with
    40        the idea of Mr. Cannon as an expert witness called when you
         have called two professors of biochemistry, and I have had
    42        my attention drawn to a number of articles, because the
    43        fact that one has a great deal of experience in reading
    44        articles by nutritionists, biochemists, physicians of one
    45        kind or another, in those circumstances I am not at all
    46        convinced that it puts Mr. Cannon in any better position
    47        than myself to analyse the material, and what I do not want
    48        to do is have someone in the witness box who is doing my
    49        job; that is, analysing the material which is coming from
    50        people who are accepted on both sides to be experts, like 
    51        on your side particularly Professor Campbell and Professor 
    52        Crawford.  So, I would like to give some indication before 
    53        the end of next week of what it is that Mr. Cannon is to
    54        give evidence on.
    55
    56   MS. STEEL:  I think Mr. Cannon is a bit different to you
    57        analysing stuff because he has taken a very detailed look
    58        at a considerable, vast range of papers and he studied them
    59        in great detail.
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