§ Mr. ADAMSONasked the Lord Advocate whether, in the Sheriff Court Bill, he will introduce a clause making it optional on the part of the pursuer to proceed to jury trial under the Employers' Liability Act, or at common law in the sheriff court, or in the court of session, according as the pursuer may elect?
§ Mr. ADAMSONasked the Lord Advocate whether his attention has been directed to the decision in the case of Cook v. The Bonnybridge Silica and Fireclay Company, Limited, in the First Division of the Court of Session, holding that the relatives of a deceased workman were not entitled to the benefit of jury trial in the Sheriff Court; whether the decision is contrary to the practice since the Sheriff Court Act, 1907, was passed; and whether, in the new Sheriff Court Bill he will undertake to introduce a provision to remedy this defect?
§ Mr. UREMy attention as been directed to the case referred to in the hon. Members' question. I shall carefully consider the propriety of introducing a clause into the Sheriff Court Bill altering the law in the direction indicated in the question.