Noggin,
You don't actually need the night qual to start the CPL training, only for licence issue. The same as also needing a 300nm QXC, 100 PIC, etc for licence issue not to start training.
Also, just to clarify a quick point that maybe valid in this instance, you can start a CPL course in JAR-land on any valid ICAO PPL, which includes one issued by our paranoid, loud, dayglo orange plus four wearing, can't be bothered to read a soddin map whilst on holiday, can you show me where the clan mcdonalds resturaunt is, let's all pile across the atlantic to shoot the buggery out of all the grouse and pretend to be lairds for a week type friends across the atlantic.
Oh, and keep picking up on MJ's faults as they are many and varied. Perhaps a thread all to itself?