Advocate General Agrees Deal With Cabinet Office
Disputes under the major UK Government services contract can now be resolved in Scotland, the Advocate General for Scotland Lord Keen of Elie QC announced today
ADVOCATE GENERAL AGREES DEAL WITH CABINET OFFICE AIMED AT SEEING THE RESOLUTION OF MORE CONTRACT DISPUTES IN SCOTLAND
Disputes under the major UK Government services contract can now be resolved in Scotland, the Advocate General for Scotland Lord Keen of Elie QC announced today.
皇冠体育app Advocate General told a meeting of the Scottish Legal Services Co-Ordination Group in Edinburgh that he had reached an agreement with the Cabinet Office for there to be a Scottish version of their model services contract specifying Scots law as the governing law and Scotland as the seat of any arbitration.
皇冠体育app Cabinet Office has now agreed to the Advocate General鈥檚 request that their major model services contract for services of 拢10 million and over, should have a Scottish version. This suggestion was made by members of the Scottish Legal Services Co-ordination Group. It means that those using the model can allow for Scots Law to be the governing law and Scotland to be the seat of any arbitration not London.
Commenting, Lord Keen said 鈥淚 am pleased that the UK Government are able to take this step, it is leading by example in the hope industry will also consider using such contractual terms, resulting in the potential for more commercial disputes to be resolved in Scotland鈥�.
Further information:- 皇冠体育app Scottish Legal Services Group brings together representatives of the UK and Scottish Governments, professional bodies, the alternative dispute resolution sector, business organisations and other agencies. It aims to provide a forum for information sharing and ideas and agreement on consistent messaging, with a view to a co-ordinated approach to the promotion of the profession internationally. 皇冠体育app group includes representatives from: 鈥� 皇冠体育app Faculty of Advocates 鈥� 皇冠体育app Law Society of Scotland 鈥� 皇冠体育app Office of the Advocate General (UK Government) 鈥� 皇冠体育app Scottish Government Justice Directorate 鈥� 皇冠体育app Scottish Arbitration Centre 鈥� Scottish Development International (SDI) 鈥� Scottish Enterprise 鈥� Scottish Financial Enterprise 鈥� VisitScotland 皇冠体育app group also works closely with UK Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Justice.