The 10,500-member Law Society of Scotland is to face a vote of confidence on its future as the voice of Scottish solicitors, as grassroots opposition to the introduction of so-called ‘Tesco law’ intensifies. Members disillusioned by the body’s policy of support for external ownership and alternative business structures are behind a new referendum of members which could leave Scottish solicitors free to choose which body to join to represent their interests. The president of the Law Society has warned that the initiative could split the Scottish profession to its lasting detriment.
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