http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/10/notes/paragraph/130Explanatory Notes to Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021Scottish GovernmentenKing's Printer for Scotland2025-03-26 10 21 April 2021 130 Section 29 allows a statement to be made in open court at the point where settlement is reached in defamation proceedings or proceedings under Part 2 for a malicious publication. This may be either a bilateral statement, as agreed between the parties to the proceedings, or a unilateral statement made only by the pursuer. As Scots law currently stands there is not thought to be anything to prevent the reading out of a statement of this nature, commonly known as a settlement statement, although this is not done in practice in Scotland, unlike in England and Wales. The provision is intended to clarify the existence of this remedy as an option.