§ 65. Mr. RAMSBOTHAMasked the Attorney-General whether, with a view to reducing the cost of litigation, he will consider introducing legislation to extend the jurisdiction of the county courts; and whether, if further guidance is needed as to the scope of such an extension, he will appoint a committee of inquiry on which both the public and the legal profession will be represented?
§ The ATTORNEY - GENERAL (Sir William Jowitt)The London Chamber of Commerce have after most careful inquiry made a series of concrete suggestions for the cheapening of litigation. These suggestions have been receiving the consideration of the Bar Council and the Law Society, and I think it more practicable to see whether steps can be taken along the lines indicated in the reports of these bodies rather than to start a new inquiry before doing so.