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Expert group to improve legal services launched |
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Monday, 04 February 2008 |
A working group aimed at making the structures and systems of the Scottish legal system more business friendly met for the first time today.
The Business Experts and Law Forum has been given the broad remit of
looking at ways of encouraging businesses to choose Scotland as the
seat of their business and legal activities, look to Scottish lawyers
for their advice, and look to Scotland as the jurisdiction of choice
for dispute resolution.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, who attended the forum's first
meeting today, said: "This Government is committed to developing the
wealth and prosperity of Scotland. As part of meeting that commitment,
I want to ensure that our legal system and legal institutions are
geared towards the business community both in Scotland and further
afield.
"I want to look at how we encourage business organisations, large and
small, to use our legal services. This Government does not have a
monopoly on good ideas and that is why I have brought together some of
Scotland's business leaders and leading legal experts to help us
improve our legal system so that businesses choose Scottish legal
services and use our courts to litigate and for dispute resolution if
necessary.
"Scottish accountants and financial services can compete globally.
There is no good reason why our legal services cannot also do so. As a
first step, we need to ensure that our own businesses are confident in
using our legal services."
Members of the group are Robert Crawford of Glasgow Caledonian
University; Professor Russell Griggs of the CBI; Stephen Pearson of the
Royal Bank of Scotland; Charlotte Barbour of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants; Michael Clancy of the Law Society of Scotland; Karina
McTeague of Lloyds TSB Scotland; Richard Keen of the Faculty of
Advocates and Ian Johnston of Norwich Union.
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