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April 2016

Family ADR: why the slow takeup?
Why mediation and collaborative practice have been slow to catch on in Scotland, the responsibility on family lawyers, and what might be done to improve matters
Electronic cigarettes: the medicine of tomorrow?
Why the implementation of the new Tobacco Products Directive may present a regulatory conundrum for manufacturers of electronic cigarettes
Official advice: must do better
How inaccurate Government advice on maternity pay has been criticised in the Employment Appeal Tribunal – with a message that more official effort is needed generally
Privacy Shield, the new Safe Harbor
Brussels office briefing: the legal texts have been released that will put in place the new framework for transatlantic data flows, following the decision in the “Safe Harbor” case
Maternity: still black marks
Issues faced by working women before and after childbirth require action to improve access to justice, the Equality & Human Rights Commission claims
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In this issue

  • Family ADR: why the slow takeup?
  • Electronic cigarettes: the medicine of tomorrow?
  • Official advice: must do better
  • Privacy Shield, the new Safe Harbor
  • Maternity: still black marks
  • Designed for justice
  • Reading for pleasure
  • Opinion: Tim Musson
  • Book reviews
  • Profile
  • President's column
  • 20 is the new 40
  • People on the move
  • Stress: the common enemy
  • A safer way to talk
  • Mind the gap
  • SLCC: a role in standards?
  • Budget 2016: a spoonful of sugar?
  • Rights lost to sight?
  • Take care with care services
  • How the Sheriff Appeal Court fits in
  • Extended liability?
  • Periti credere? [Experts believe]
  • What's happening on the review
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • Deeds of conditions: emerging stronger
  • In-house and staying in demand
  • Further warning over historic client balances
  • Law reform roundup
  • Perceptions and priorities
  • Training is the key
  • Ask Ash
  • By diverse means
  • The literal truth

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