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Published Date: 08 March 2007
MORE than 17 years ago, the Westminster parliament passed a law that opened courts so that non-lawyers could conduct litigation in certain circumstance - but this legislation has never been put into effect in Scotland.
When a member of the public sought to know why ministers had never implemented what is, after all, the law of the land, his request under the Freedom of Information Act was rejected. The Executive claimed that certain classes of documents were automa...



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  • Last Updated: 07 March 2007 10:36 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Freedom of information
 
 

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