Week 6, Day 2

Another marathon day!
The main witness today was Alan Barr for Forth Ports.  He was in an unusual position of, for the first time, appearing at a Public Inquiry on behalf of an objector, rather than an Applicant, whose case he would normally be advocating.  He did seem to know what he was talking about.  He was led in evidence by Heriot Currie until a late coffee break.  He was then cross-examined at length by QC for Babcock. He had hoped to leave at 4pm to catch a flight back to Belfast, but that didn't happen.  He was finished with at about 5.30pm.

Then it was decided to slot in Dr Riddell to rebut Dr Rennie's 'new' evidence from yesterday.  Various large diagrams were handed out as well as a brand new document referring to an outfall from the contractor's Jetty.  After Dr Riddell had given his evidence, Ms Cockburn for SNH asked for a 15 minute recess to discuss it with Dr Rennie before she cross examined Dr Riddell.  This she then did, and was followed by Tom Leatherland, posing some questions on behalf of the Joint Action Group.  The Reporters helpfully had no questions, and the session eventually ended at 6.45pm!