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FeatureRoundtable: in-house
While in-house teams are growing stronger, uppermost in lawyers’ minds are ways to control costs and broaden skill-sets.
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FeatureHow to: move in-house
Competition for in-house legal positions has never been more fierce. We offer advice for those on the outside looking in.
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FeatureIn-house: spread the word
How should in-house lawyers and legal teams market themselves? Some pioneers offer advice.
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FeatureBirmingham: grand designs
Lawyers are helping to spearhead a civic and economic renaissance in Birmingham.
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FeatureRoundtable: counsel for the council
Local authorities are turning to innovative operating models in a climate of savage retrenchment.
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FeatureRights of audience and planning
Executive member representations did not ‘pollute’ contentious decision.
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FeatureAre your IT departments the weakest link?
As the risks of getting it wrong multiply, information governance is no longer just a technical issue.
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FeatureWorking with financial advisers
Joint ventures are superseding the in-house financial services model.
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FeatureLocal government: abuse of power
A council that evicted a solicitors’ firm from authority-owned offices did so as a ‘punishment’.
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FeatureHow To: run an alumni network
A growing number of law firms want to stay in touch with people who move on. What are the reasons why and how can you reconnect?
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FeatureCollaboratively owned school companies
This article considers the benefits of ‘spinning out’ council services that were previously provided in-house.
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FeatureHow To: handle OFR in-house
In-house lawyers seeking to comply with outcomes-focused regulation are dealing with a regime that is ‘dynamic’ and constantly evolving.
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FeatureThe legal questions raised by One Barnet
Barnet council’s radical outsourcing plans raised novel legal questions.
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FeatureHow to: manage your emails
Dealing with and storing emails has been shown to occupy up to half the time of highly-skilled professionals such as lawyers. Roy Russell offers some tips for easing the burden
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FeatureCommercial property: in-house lawyers want more for less
With their own budgets under pressure, in-house lawyers are demanding more for less from commercial property lawyers
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BOOK REVIEW Local Lawyers: Public Practice
To understand where we are and where we are going, we need to know where we have come from. That at least is one purpose of history. And local government lawyers are now fortunate to have their very own historical memoire.
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