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JohnWhittingdaleOBEMP31October20115.AcopyofredactedtimeentriesfromourtimesystemrecordedontheNewsGroupNewspapers-GordonTaylorfilerecordingsalientconversationsbetween24May2008and10June2008.WehaveredactedirrelevantentriescoveringcommunicationswithCounsel,internalentriesandwith
Mr
Mulcaire'slawyers(JCPI4-19);6.AcopyoftheOpinionofMichaelSilverleafQCdated3June2008whichwas'sentto
Mr
Croneonthesamedate(JCP20-26).Counsel'sOpinion
has
beenredactedtotakeaccountof:(a)theongoinginvestigation;and(b)toprotecttheprivacyofMrTaylor.Fortheavoidanceofdoubt,wehavepreviouslyobtainedMrTaylor'sconsenttous-givingevidenceprovidedwerespecthisprivacy.ThefurtheradvicereferredtointhelastparagraphoftheOpiniondoesnotconcerntheCommittee'sdeliberations.7.Acopyofthepre-publicationcontractdated4February2005(JCP27)withcertaininformationrelatingto
Mr
Taylorandthenameoftheindividualatthe
NewsoftheWorld
whosignedthe.-agreementredacted.Separately,
in
relationtoMrFarrelly'ssuggestionthat
Mr
Pikeshouldhavedonemorewhenonnoticeofincorrectevidencehavingbeengiven,theCommitteewereremindedofthesubmissionmadebyHarbottle
&
LewisLLPof11Augustthatthereisapositivelackofobligationtoreportsuchamatter.
Mr
PiketoldtheCommitteethatheadoptedHarbottle'ssubmission.FortheCommittee'seaseofreference,Members-arereferredtoparagraphs19-21andAppendixCofHarbottle'sResponseDocument.Copiesoftherelevantpagesareattachedforeaseofreference(JCP-28-32).Ifwecanbeof
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