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contract had been issued to her and
we had been advised moreso by Miss
Andrea Smith that she was a collector
– collecting for a group payment and
was not a contractor. However, for
all intents and purposes what is
evidenced here is an actual contract
that is issued for her. I know we differ
– meaning the lawyers and I – in
terms of what is really contract; but
Miss Nicolette Keen, her name
appears here as the payee, Payee
Name – on the very first page of
$475,000.
I pause here just to then ask my first
question: as I understand it, a contract
is made to a contractor; a contractor
then subcontracts and then labourers
are hired. Would you agree with that
process?
A:
Say it again for me, Mr Harrison?
Q:
You have a contractor to whom the
group payment would be made; the
contractor would then subcontract, so
there may be six or seven persons to
whom a subcontract is issued, and
then that subcontractor would hire
labourers. So the 700 persons, for
instance, you mentioned on a previous