Scotland’s solicitors have voted narrowly in favour of legal services reform – by a margin of just 24.
In the first referendum question, 2,245 members of the Law Society of Scotland voted to support the current policy in favour of alternative business structures being introduced to Scotland – as long as there are appropriate safeguards – while 2,221 voted against.
The second question, on whether Law Society should apply to be a regulator of ABS, 3,622 solicitors – 81 per cent – voted in favour, while 844 voted against.
In what was the biggest turnout in a Law Society referendum, a total of 4,466 solicitors – 43 per cent of the society’s membership – voted in a secret ballot which closed at midday on Wednesday 7 April.
Ian Smart, president of the Law Society of Scotland, said: “The narrowness of the result clearly illustrates just how the issue has brought out widely divergent views across the profession.
In the first referendum question, 2,245 members of the Law Society of Scotland voted to support the current policy in favour of alternative business structures being introduced to Scotland – as long as there are appropriate safeguards – while 2,221 voted against.
The second question, on whether Law Society should apply to be a regulator of ABS, 3,622 solicitors – 81 per cent – voted in favour, while 844 voted against.
In what was the biggest turnout in a Law Society referendum, a total of 4,466 solicitors – 43 per cent of the society’s membership – voted in a secret ballot which closed at midday on Wednesday 7 April.
Ian Smart, president of the Law Society of Scotland, said: “The narrowness of the result clearly illustrates just how the issue has brought out widely divergent views across the profession.
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