Whether there are ongoing legal proceedings between the constructors of the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow and the Scottish Executive or any lo…

There are no legal proceedings in progress against any of the parties that were responsible for the design and construction of the Kingston Bridge.The Secretary of State inherited two court actions against the consulting engineers who designed the bridge when he took over responsibility for this structure when the M8 through Glasgow was adopted as a trunk road on 1 April 1996. The actions were settled out of court in 1997 without any admission of liability on the part of the defendants. Each party bore its own expenses. Beyond that the terms of the settlement are confidential to the parties.