HL Deb 28 July 1981 vol 423 c672

35 Schedule 3, page 99, line 40, at end insert— 7B. For section 94(3) (trial by jury) substitute— (3) Where, on any such application, the court is satisfied that there is in issue—

  1. (a) a charge of fraud against the party making the application; or
  2. (b) a claim in respect of libel, slander, malicious prosecution or false imprisonment; or
  3. (c) any question or issue of a kind prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph,
the action shall be tried with a jury, unless the court is of opinion that the trial requires any prolonged examination of documents or accounts or any scientific or local investigation which cannot conveniently be made with a jury.".".

The Lord Chancellor

My Lords, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 35. This amendment is consequential to Amendment No. 9.

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said amendment—(The Lord Chancellor.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.