Baroness Hamwee
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(13 years, 10 months ago)
Lords ChamberThe noble Lord is entirely mistaken. This is mutual legal assistance between national legal regimes.
My Lords, does the Minister agree that this is one of a number of steps that will make it more difficult for people to forum-shop for the legal jurisdictions that best suit them?
It is certainly the case that mutual legal assistance regularises the likelihood of trials taking place in the proper place.