European Communities (Services of Lawyers) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2004 (SSI 2004/186)
Agenda item 3 is on Executive responses. We had three questions about the order. The first was whether solicitor advocates are included in the more generic term "solicitor", which they are. The second question was why the designation for a lawyer from Luxembourg is shown in one way in the original order, but in another way in this order. We are reassured that a more recent directive designated Luxembourg lawyers in the same way as in the order. Thirdly, Alasdair Morgan raised the issue of the different alphabets that were used—the designation for lawyers from Greece was in the Latin alphabet, while for lawyers from Cyprus it was in the Greek alphabet. We have heard that that is because of the Athens treaty, by which the new accession countries entered the European Union. However, the Executive accepts that it might have been more sensible to have used similar terminology in both cases.
I clasp the orange fur lining of my anorak in joy at hearing that.
The explanations were helpful.
Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause, Summary Application, Summary Cause and Small Claim Rules) Amendment (Miscellaneous) 2004 (SSI 2004/197)
Members will remember that the amendment changed the period for the exchange of lists of witnesses from 14 to 28 days. We questioned why there appeared to be a change when the amendment was supposed simply to replace existing rules. Apparently, those rules had already been changed, so there was no change to anything.
Given that this is the 16th amendment, perhaps the word "consolidation" might be mentioned in a loud stage whisper to the Executive.
You recommend an informal letter to the Executive to suggest consolidation.
Yes.
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