Of the 528 respondents in a poll conducted by Scottish Legal News, the daily news service for Scotland’s lawyers, 78 per cent voted in favour of Remain and only 22 per cent in favour of Leave.

SLN assistant editor Kapil Summan said: “Scots lawyers are cautious and thoughtful and, while we were not surprised the majority were in favour of the UK remaining in the EU, we were surprised at the size of the majority and the landslide victory for Remain.”