Question reference: S3O-00535
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 29 August 2007
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Current status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 6 September 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether an agreement between eight leading banks and the Office of Fair Trading to put on hold the legal claims of customers regarding unfair penalty charges is being improperly applied to claims made under Scots law and preventing them from proceeding.
Answer
Thereis no evidence to suggest that the agreement is being improperly applied to preventsuch claims before the Scottish courts from proceeding. Any decision as to whetherto put any particular Scottish proceedings on hold by sisting them is entirely amatter for the Scottish court in question having regard to the whole facts and circumstances.