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Are core participants and witnesses entitled to have legal representation?

April 26, 2017core entitled Legal participants representation Witnesses

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Are core participants and witnesses entitled to have legal representation?

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Yes. However, Rule 6 of the Inquiries (Scotland) Rules 2007 enables the chairman to direct that core participants with similar interests share legal representation. Subject to that qualification, if a core participant or any person required or permitted to give evidence or to produce documents appoints a qualified lawyer the chairman must regard that lawyer as the person’s “recognised legal representative”. In some circumstances the chairman may make awards in respect of the cost of legal representation.