What differs in Scotland
Scotland has its own legal system, and that matters for marketing in some sectors. Scottish solicitors are regulated by the Law Society of Scotland, whose practice rules cover advertising and promotion, and the Solicitors Regulation Authority rules that apply in England and Wales do not govern them. The ASA and the CAP Code apply across the whole UK, as do UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and PECR. The consumer provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 also apply in Scotland, with local authority Trading Standards and Trading Standards Scotland involved in enforcement. We confirm which rules a client's sector falls under before writing copy.



