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Consumer Focus Scotland welcomes the opportunity to respond to this consultation. Consumer Focus Scotland, and previously the Scottish Consumer Council (SCC), one of Consumer Focus Scotland’s predecessor bodies, have had a longstanding interest in civil justice reform. In 2005, the SCC published the first report of the Civil Justice Advisory Group, a group chaired by the Right Honourable Lord Coulsfield, which concluded that while some parts of the civil justice system were working well, there was a need for review of a number of aspects of the system. The SCC was therefore delighted when the first four of the six areas identified in the report formed the basis of the remit for the Scottish civil courts review, which reported in 2009. Sarah O’Neill, Director of Policy at Consumer Focus Scotland, was a member of the policy group which advised Lord Gill’s review.

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