§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when the provisions of section 9 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 conferring concurrent jurisdiction on the Sheriff court in respect of trusts below an annual income threshold will be brought into force; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonOnly a small number of cases has so far been brought before the Court of Session. We are studying how these cases have progressed in order to consider the need to confer concurrent jurisdiction on the sheriff court.