Court of Session Act 1988

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would be more appropriate for the matter to be dealt with in the session of the court after the vacation. Westminster Parliament Acts containing some Scotland only provisions pre and post devolution are reproduced in full.

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The Act also established a commission to review the processes of the Court of Session, including the possibility of the introduction of jury trial and the creation of permanent Lords Ordinary. or other directions to the jury in open court as he thinks fit before the jury considers its verdict. If you would like to access this resource, please contact your Thomson Reuters Account Manager or register for a free, no-obligation trial today. An Act concerning the Administration of Justice in Scotland and concerning Appeals to the House of Lords.

Section 136(7) of the Act of 1983 was amended by the Representation of the People Act 1985, Schedule 4, paragraph 48(e). c. 46; section 25A was inserted by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c.WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled Scotland, by which Act certain Commissioners were appointed for the Trial of such Causes, and certain Regulations made in regard to such Trials: And whereas another Act was passed in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty, intituled Scotland, ’ And whereas another Act was passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled Scotland; by which last Act certain Provisions were made relative to the Constitution of the Jury Court, and which Provisions are declared to continue and be in force until the Thirtieth Day of June in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty, and from thence to the End of the next Session of Parliament; and it is further provided by the said last-recited Act, that it should be lawful for His Majesty to appoint such Persons as He should think fit, to make all Inquiries, as they should be directed, by Instructions from His Majesty, into the Forms of Proceeding in Trials of Civil Causes by Jury in Scotland , and to report whether these Forms may be improved, and at what Time and in what Manner the Union of the Benefit of Jury Trial in Civil Causes with the Jurisdiction of the Court of Session may be best accomplished: And whereas pursuant to the said last-recited Act His late Majesty did, by an Instrument under His Royal Sign Manual, appoint certain Persons to make the Inquiries set forth in the said last-recited Act, as more particularly specified in Instructions annexed to the said Instrument under the Royal Sign Manual: And whereas the said Commissioners so appointed made a Report to His late Majesty upon the Subject Matters into which they were appointed to inquire; which Report has been laid before both Houses of Parliament: And whereas it is expedient that the said recited Acts should be altered, amended, and continued in certain Parts, and that Provision should be made for uniting the Benefits of Jury Trial in Civil Causes with the ordinary Jurisdiction of the Court of Session in Scotland; and that in so doing Advantage should be taken of the Knowledge and Experience of the present Lord Chief Commissioner and of the other Lords Commissioners of the Jury Court: And whereas it is also expedient that certain other Alterations and Reductions should take place in the Judicial Establishments of Scotland; ' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King'smost Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Fifth Day of October next after the passing of this Act, the Jurisdiction for Trial by Jury in Civil Causes shall be united with and shall form Part of the ordinary Administration of Justice in the Court of Session in Scotland; and the Trial of Causes by Jury shall take place in the Court of Session as hereinafter directed: Provided always, that the Jury Court and the Jurisdiction thereof shall continue as now constituted until the said Date, after which it shall cease and determine; but without Prejudice to the present Lord Chief Commissioner and the other Lords Commissioners of the Jury Court respectively continuing to perform the Duties hereinafter directed. Nothing in this section shall affect the admissibility of any statement as evidence of the fact that the statement was made. There does not appear to be any evidence that an employee of the chargee cannot witness the chargor’s signature. Section 46(1) of the Act of 1978 was amended by the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. In addition, under the Equality Act 2010, it is possible that damages could be awarded, in respect of of acts or omissions which could not otherwise give rise to a claim, if it could be shown that such a failure amounted to unlawful discrimination.