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6. CONCLUSION
6.1.1 Scotland's legal system and profession has a proud and ancient history; it also contains many highly skilled practitioners and modern businesses. Our legal profession will never be as big as England's, and in some areas it is likely that England will remain pre-eminent as a destination of choice for business. But there is much that can be done to improve the competitiveness of Scotland's legal system - in how it does its business and how it markets itself.
6.1.2 The critical success factors will be:
- a real and shared commitment from Government, the courts and the legal profession to make this a priority as part of the wider development of Scotland's economic future; and
- a willingness to experiment, to learn from mistakes, and to see Scotland's illustrious legal history as an inspiration, not as a barrier to change.
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