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Contracts of employment: key differences in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Original author: Sue Johnstone

Updating author: Zuraida Curtis

Consultant editor (Scotland): Gillian MacLellan, consultant editor (Northern Ireland): Gareth Walls

Scotland

The common law contract of employment rules in England and Wales and Scotland are essentially the same and decisions in one jurisdiction are used as persuasive precedents in another.