Part of Enterprise Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 6:15 pm on 23 April 2002.
Alistair Carmichael
Shadow Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)
6:15,
23 April 2002
I am delighted that legal professional privilege is in the clause, and that the Government accept that it is important. Will the Under-Secretary explain ''in the High Court'' in subsection (1)? Does it mean that privilege is allowed only in proceedings in the High Court, and not in summary proceedings, which in Scotland would be held in the Sheriff Court? If it does, I was not aware of it.
