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April 2015

Keeping Government responsible
Robert Chote, chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility, speaks to the Journal about the OBR's work, ahead of a meeting with the leaders of Scotland's big firms
Contempt, or good faith?
The Inner House has overturned the contempt finding against the social workers who acted against a sheriff's child contact order
Reform – 170 years on
Practitioners involved with compulsory purchase are encouraged to respond to the Scottish Law Commission's discussion paper. This article picks out some highlights
Employee ownership: adding trust
Ahead of a seminar in Glasgow by the architect of the employee ownership trust, this article considers how the trust option adds to the potential advantages of employee ownership
The gender gap: coming clean
Larger employers will soon have to publish pay comparisons to show whether they treat people equally irrespective of gender
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In this issue

  • Keeping Government responsible
  • Contempt, or good faith?
  • Reform – 170 years on
  • Employee ownership: adding trust
  • The gender gap: coming clean
  • Cyber risk - are you covered?
  • Reading for pleasure
  • Opinion: Graham Sykes
  • Book reviews
  • Profile
  • President's column
  • Land Register completion update
  • People on the move
  • Tools for today's titles
  • Those elusive profits
  • The Budget and the crystal ball
  • Child of our time?
  • Elephant in very many rooms
  • Video: the best evidence?
  • Who would be a legislator?
  • Sustainability: applying the presumption
  • A woman’s work…
  • Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal
  • Living the dram
  • Land information: a one-stop shop
  • From the Brussels office
  • Registered paralegals: what trends?
  • Law reform roundup
  • MHO reports – please help with timing data
  • Plaque marks WW1 lawyer dead
  • Selling yourself from day one
  • View from the grass roots
  • Keep it in the family
  • Ask Ash
  • When cooling-off kicks in
  • Bottom line, the accountants are coming
  • First day in the office

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