EC Honorary Director General exposes 'false arguments' on Scotland and the EU
Graham Avery and Profs Keating and Douglas-Scott debate the issues
 Honorary Director General of the EU Graham Avery was joined by Professors Michael Keating and Siobhan Douglas-Scott last month to assess the possibility of an independent Scotland joining the EU, and the implications for Europe as a whole.
Mr Avery argued that the Scottish referendum could have significant consequences for a so-called 'Brexit' of the UK from the EU, saying: "The loss of 5 million predominantly pro-European Scottish voters from the UK would make it significantly more likely that British voters would choose to leave the EU, should a referendum be held".
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Chief Ombudsman makes call to 'bridge the gap' in civil justice for consumers
Lewis Shand Smith assesses pan-European reforms to consumer law
 Our latest policy brief assesses the major shifts being felt across the civil justice landscape in the UK, and makes a number of recommendations to resolve disputes between consumers and business more quickly and fairly.
In the policy brief, the Chief Ombudsman of the Ombudsman Service Lewis Shand Smith responds to recent reforms to legal aid and European legislation on consumer dispute resolution by urging ombudsman schemes to "bridge the gap in the delivery of civil justice".
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Policy Briefs propose new approaches to EC policy on gender equality
Equality experts tackle gender imbalance on corporate boards
 In June, we published new proposals to tackle gender imbalances in the workplace by leading gender equality experts Jude Browne, Director of the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies, and Julie Suk, Professor of Law at the Cardozo School of Law, New York.
The authors analyse the blanket 40% quota for female directors of publicly listed companies that the European Commission is considering imposing across the EU, and
propose alternative measures that broaden the benefits of such gender-based policies.
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