Transcripts of Test Case?

[EXC]

I placed an order for the transcripts of the hearing and was intitaily told they'd be available 15 days after the last day. Although the Royal Courts of Justice usually supply the transcripts themselves, those for the test case are being handled by a company called Merill Legal Solutions.

But it now looks like they'll only be made available if permission is granted by the banks as I can't see that the OFT would object.




----- Original Message ----- From: Davies, Dylan
To: EXC
Cc: Drake, Rebecca
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 11:21 AM
Subject: OFT -v- Abbey National & Ors



Dear Nick

I have been chasing up your request for transcripts from the above case. I have liaised with Joe McGarrity, the clerk to Mr J Andrew Smith. He has said not to release any transcripts at this stage, he is waiting to hear from the parties directly involved in the trial as to whether the transcripts should be made available to outside parties. I will let you know as soon as a decision has been reached.



Kind Regards


Dylan Davies
Case Manager
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[TANZARELLI]

Re: Transcripts of Test Case?

How annoying is that. They will obviously not want this to happen when they loose. Grrrrrrrrr

[Celestine]

Re: Transcripts of Test Case?

How bizarre...am I misunderstanding?
The transcripts are the copies of all dialogue that took place during the hearing. This was well attended by press and had a feed room for reporting etc.

So why are the transcripts in any way sensitive????

[Bitingback]

Re: Transcripts of Test Case?

Forgive me if I misunderstood the process, I thought the case was/is a public event and and the transcripts should be a matter of public record.

[Tools]

Re: Transcripts of Test Case?

The OFT v Banks Test Case - Transcripts can now be found by clicking the link.

There is also a thread for discussing their content.