Scottish Lawyers Say Referendum May Transform Legal Industry
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More than 300 years ago, when the Act of Union between England and Scotland created Great Britain, most public and political powers were merged. Their legal systems remained distinct.
Three centuries later, Scottish lawyers see an opportunity to take their rule of law to the world, transforming a distinctly local market into an international one should the country vote to secede on Sept. 18. An independent country would mean more work in cross-border trade, commercial arbitration, and the oil and gas industry, lawyers say.