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Domain owner seeks to revolutionise Scottish legal system
20/11/2003
An aggrieved domain name owner has embarked on a campaign to revolutionise the Scottish legal system by ending the Law Society of Scotland’s “monopoly” on legal services.
Tommy Butler - owner of Scottishlawyer.com as well as numerous other high-profile Scottish domains, including Glasgow.com - is hoping to force a change in the law so lawyers will be able to work in the country independently of the Society.
Under current law, any solicitor wishing to practice in Scotland must be a member of the Law Society - a situation in place since the Society was established in 1949. This is unfair, says Mr Butler, and breaks free trade rules.
It seems that the Scottish Executive, Office of Fair Trading and Scottish Consumer Council agree with him. The OFT recently revealed that while it was not able to change Scottish law, it had advocated changes in the law put forward by the Scottish Executive that would allow lawyers not part of the Law Society to provide legal services. In a letter, the OFT continued: “We understand that this, and a range of other regulatory and competition issues in the area of the provision of legal services, are now actively under consideration at the Executive and we will be monitoring progress, and contributing to this where appropriate.”
More details at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34093.html
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