HL Deb 24 October 1990 vol 522 c1380

14 Clause 9, page 9, line 5, at end insert: `or any category (determined by reference to such criteria as the Lord Chancellor considers appropriate) of such proceedings'.

15 Page 9, leave out lines 9 to 12.

16 Page 9, line 20, at end insert:

`(5A) Where, in any proceedings in a county court—

  1. (a) a person is exercising a right of audience or a right to conduct litigation;
  2. (b) he would not be entitled to do so were it not for an order under this section; and
  3. (c) the judge has reason to believe that (in those or any other proceedings in which he has exercised a right of audience or a right to conduct litigation) that person has intentionally misled the court, or otherwise demonstrated that he is unsuitable to exercise that right,
the judge may order that person's disqualification from exercising any right of audience or any right to conduct litigation in proceedings in any county court.

(5B) Where a judge makes an order under subsection (5A) he shall give his reasons for so doing.

(5C) Any person against whom such an order is made may appeal to the Court of Appeal.

(5D) Any such order may be revoked at any time by any judge of a county court.'.

The Lord Chancellor

My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 14 to 16 en bloc. I have already spoken to these amendments when speaking to Amendment No. 8.

Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 14 to 16 en bloc —(The Lord Chancellor.)

Lord Renton

My Lords, I should like to say how much I welcome Amendment No. 16 because I was one of the first to draw attention to the dangers which could arise especially with oppressive debt collectors. My noble and learned friend the Lord Chancellor has dealt with that in such a way that that difficulty is removed.

On Question, Motion agreed to.