UK seeks opening of Indian legal services to foreign players

NEW DELHI: Britain today sought opening of Indian legal services to foreign players, saying it would be in the interest of both the countries.

British Justice Minister Jack Straw raised the issue when he met Law Minister H R Bhardwaj here to discuss cooperation between the two countries in the legal sector.

Straw impressed upon Bhardwaj that opening of the legal services would be in the interest of legal systems of both Britain and India.
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Government here has been hesitant to open the legal services to foreign players because of fears among the legal fraternity that it would put them at a disadvantage.

Britain has sought to allay any apprehensions, saying it too had such fears when it opened its legal services some decades ago but the result has been beneficial.