(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
India and UK held the Joint Consultative Committee (JCC), where
both the countries reached to facilitate the exchange of
experiences and best practices in the area of working of commercial
courts, and alternate dispute resolution mechanisms, according to
the statement released by the Ministry of Law and Justice, Trend reports citing The Print .
India-UK further agreed that training and capacity enhancement
programmes would be conducted in reputed Institutes for legal
advisers, draftsmen, judicial officers, prosecutors and legal
professionals and in time bound manner.
On July 10, 2018, the Government of India and the United Kingdom
entered into an MoU for promoting cooperation between both
countries, in the sphere of Law and Justice.
“A Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) has been constituted in
terms of the MoU to carry out its objectives by firming up the way
forward in areas of cooperation. The third in-person meeting of the
JCC was held at New Delhi on 18th August 2022 at New Delhi,”
according to the statement.
The Indian delegation was led by Niten Chandra, Law Secretary
while the UK side was led by Jo Farrar, Second Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Justice. Both the Leaders Co-chaired the meetings.
As regards the subject of framing regulations for entry of UK
Law Firms and Lawyers under the MoU was concerned, the same was
discussed separately in the Legal Services Committee (LSC) meeting
held later in the day on 18th August 2022.
The Legal Services Committee (LSC) in its meeting recalled the
outcome of the India-UK virtual summit held on 4th May, 2021,
between the Indian Prime Ministers and the UK and the launch of the
'Enhanced Trade Partnership' (ETP) to unleash the trade potential
between the two countries who had also agreed to facilitate each
other's market-access concerns including the opening of the legal
services sector in India, on a reciprocal basis.
The LSC deliberations were also attended by the British High
Commissioner to India Alex Ellis.
The meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere wherein both sides
appreciated each other's concern for the challenges in the opening
of the legal services sector.
“The President Law Society of England and Wales along with her
team joined the meeting virtually. She explained in detail the
regulations which determine the areas of court practice and legal
advice by non-UK qualified lawyers,” the statement reads.
It further added,“Secretary BCI, emphasised the
responsibilities vested in the Council to protect the rights,
privileges and interest of lawyers, whom they represent. However,
the representatives of both the countries appreciating the
potential benefits of the opening up of the legal services sector
to the respective economies, agreed in principle to work together
to find common ground for benefit of all stakeholders.”
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