Day 273 - 03 Jul 96 - Page 40

     
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     2   MR. MORRIS:  This is before we got the note off Michelle Hooker.
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     4   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, I understand that.  But the leaflets
     5        which he refers to Ms. Steel organising the printing of for
     6        the Greenpeace fayre, may, in fact, have been leaflets for
     7        an IMF/Bank of England protest, then there was no need to
     8        recall him, but as I understood it that admission was not
     9        forthcoming.  I make no criticism of that, but in the light
    10        of the fact that it was not forthcoming I felt that Mr.
    11        Bishop should come back.
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    13   MR. RAMPTON:  I know that.   My Lord, can I put it like this. I
    14        would feel happier about making that admission I could
    15        speak to, or Mrs. Brinley-Codd could speak to, Mr. Bishop.
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    17   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I am perfectly content with that.
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    19   MR. RAMPTON:  "Do you accept it?"
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    MR. JUSTICE BELL:   Unless Ms. Steel wants to say more to me.
    22        If you make an admission to that effect I see no need for
    23        Mr. Bishop to come back to have it put to him.  If you feel
    24        unable to make the admission he must come back at some
    25        stage and it matters at all not when before the end of the
    26        evidence.
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    28   MR. RAMPTON:  Speaking for myself, I think it is quite likely he
    29        has made a mistake or he has misremembered what the talk
    30        about the leaflets and Ms. Steel referred to, but I feel a
    31        bit uncomfortable.
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    33   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not see why you should make the
    34        admission just because it seems sensible for you to make it
    35        without a check with Mr. Bishop.
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    37   MR. RAMPTON:  Well, if I had your Lordship's permission to
    38        check.
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    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not know if it might be used at the end
         of the day as the key to his reliability.
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    43   MR. RAMPTON:  Exactly.
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    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  So what I suggest you do you take
    46        instructions, if you feel that you are able to make the
    47        admission, subject to anything Ms. Steel says now, I will
    48        not give leave for his recall.  If you do not make the
    49        admission then he should come back at some stage before we
    50        complete the evidence in the middle of this month.
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    52   MS. STEEL:  If he is going to come back I would like him to come
    53        back before I give evidence.  He was set to come back
    54        tomorrow, so it is quite simple for them to contact him.
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    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I do not accede to that.   It is a matter of
    57        one detail and there is absolutely no need to hold up your
    58        evidence for it.
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    60   MS. STEEL:  I am not saying my evidence should be held up, but