§ Dr. A. Thompsonasked the Lord Advocate what representations he has received from the Scottish legal profession regarding payment to Scottish solicitors taking legal aid cases of all expenses and outlays reasonably incurred in the protection of their clients' interests; when he replied to such representations; and what was the nature of his reply.
The Lord AdvocateThe only representations which I have received from the Scottish legal profession in regard to expenses in legal aid cases came from the Glasgow Bar Association. That Association represented that the scale in Scotland in such cases should be altered from the solicitor and client, third party paying scale, to the solicitor and client, client paying scale. I do not think that a case has been made out for such a change and I wrote to the Association so informing them on 30th March.