Week 2, Day 8

This morning, the Reporters gave their ruling as to whether the Applicant should be allowed to call a new witness. Their decision was that they should, despite strong objections having been raised by Forth Ports and SNH.

There was then a long discussion about the availability of all parties if the Inquiry needed to be adjourned while a modelling exercise was carried out.
The first Babcock witness today was on Carbon Balance Assessment. This had been sprung upon us late yesterday by the change in the programme. We didn't have our Advocate present, but he suggested that we could follow on from the cross-examination that would, no doubt be done by Forth Ports, and ask any questions that we thought might have been missed.  It was a bit of a surprise when Forth Ports had no questions to ask. It therefore fell to
Malcolm Hamilton from the JAG to cross examine the witness. 

In the afternoon, the Babcock witness for Socio-Economic matters took the stand. She was cross-examined by Forth Ports and then the day came to an early conclusion, and we cleared the room for the weekend.