1st Report, 2007 (Session 2)

Stage 1 Report on the Rights of Relatives to Damages (Mesothelioma) (Scotland) Bill

CONTENTS

Introduction and background

Scottish Executive consultation

Committee consultation

Main issues

Is there a dilemma for Mesothelioma sufferers?
Is legislation the best means by which to deal with this dilemma?
Should the Bill be confined to Mesothelioma?
Should the Bill be retrospective?
What will be practical effect of the Bill be on court procedure?

Other issues

Finance
Policy Memorandum
Equal Opportunities

General principles of the Bill

ANNEXE A - EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF JUSTICE 1 COMMITTEE

ANNEXE B - ORAL EVIDENCE AND ASSOCIATED WRITTEN EVIDENCE

46th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2), 29 November 2006

Oral Evidence

Paul Cackette, Head of Civil Justice, Law Reform and International Division, Scottish Executive
Lorna Brownlee, Bill Team Leader, Scottish Executive
Anne Hampson, Bill Team Member, Scottish Executive
Alison Fraser, Office of the Solicitor of the Scottish Executive
Bob Cockburn, Deputy Principal Clerk of Session, Scottish Court Service

48th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2), 6 December 2006

Written Evidence

Harry McCluskey, Clydeside Action on Asbestos
Tommy Gorman, Clydebank Asbestos Group
Nick Starling, Association of British Insurers

Oral Evidence

Phyllis Craig, Clydeside Action on Asbestos
Tommy Gorman, Clydebank Asbestos Group
Ian Babbs, Asbestos Action Tayside
Frank Maguire, Thompsons Solicitors
Ronald Conway, Bonar and Co. Solicitors
Lisa Marie Williams, Association of British Insurers
David Taylor, Forum of Insurance Lawyers
Ian Johnston, Forum of Scottish Claims Managers

50th Meeting, 2006 (Session 2), 13 December 2006

Oral Evidence

Johann Lamont MSP, Deputy Minister for Justice;
Paul Cackette, Head of Civil Justice, Law Reform and International Division, Scottish Executive
Lorna Brownlee, Bill Team Leader, Scottish Executive
Alison Fraser, Office of the Solicitor of the Scottish Executive
Bob Cockburn, Deputy Principal Clerk of Session, Scottish Court Service

Supplementary Written Evidence

Johann Lamont MSP, Deputy Minister for Justice

ANNEXE C - OTHER WRITTEN EVIDENCE

Stewart Campbell, Health and Safety Executive
Samuel Condry, The Law Society of Scotland
Frank Gray, Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians
Sarah O’Neill, Scottish Consumer Council
Anna Ritchie, Scottish Trades Union Congress

Remit and membership

Remit:

To consider and report on matters relating to the administration of civil and criminal justice, the reform of the civil and criminal law and such other matters as fall within the responsibility of the Minister for Justice, and the functions of the Lord Advocate other than as head of the systems of criminal prosecution and investigations of deaths in Scotland.

Membership:

Pauline McNeill (Convener)
Marlyn Glen
Mr Bruce McFee
Margaret Mitchell
Mrs Mary Mulligan
Mike Pringle
Stewart Stevenson (Deputy Convener)

Committee Clerking Team:

Callum Thomson
Douglas Wands
Euan Donald
Lewis McNaughton
Allan Campbell