A number of those recommendationshave already been implemented, as reported in paper J1/S2/04/8/7 which the presentcommittee discussed at its meeting on 25 February (available at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/justice1/papers/j1p04-08.pdf).In addition, Scottish ministers recently appointed new lay members to the ScottishSolicitors’ Discipline Tribunal and Faculty of Advocates Disciplinary Tribunal followingan open selection process involving advertisement of the vacancies in the press.Other measures recommended bythe committee, for example, strengthening the statutory powers of the Scottish LegalServices Ombudsman, would require legislation. On 5 March...