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‘There will be uncertainty’: partners discuss consequences of Scotland voting ‘no’

Scotland’s ‘no’ to independence last month returned confidence to the markets with a spike in sterling and share prices of FTSE 100-listed Scottish companies.

The legal profession breathed easy too as while independence would have signalled a surge of work over the first few years, long term the outlook was tied to uncertain economic fortunes.

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