Question reference: S1W-00921
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 12 August 1999
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Current status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 26 August 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to cover the on-going workload of the High Court judges who will be absent for the duration of the Lockerbie trial, in particular whether it plans to replace the High Court judges involved.
Answer
The Lord President has responsibility for the programme of the work of the Supreme Courts and is currently considering the implications, for criminal and civil business, of losing 4 Judges to serve at the Lockerbie trial in Holland. I shall discuss these matters with him shortly. The aim will be to make a sufficient number of new appointments to ensure that the normal business of the Supreme Courts is not disrupted.