All In-house articles – Page 17
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NewsLawyers make the grade in BAME 'power lists'
List celebrates the ’incredible achievements’ of the UK’s BAME community.
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FeatureWhat a CEO wants
What does a chief executive seek from their general counsel? Hays plc’s CEO Alistair Cox wants a confidante and critical friend.
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NewsSociety tells attorney general: open advocacy panels to solicitors
All documentation for civil panels 'written with barristers in mind'.
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NewsLitigation funders 'fuelling surge in FTSE-100 High Court battles'
Thomson Reuters research says number of cases has more than doubled over the past five years.
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NewsNews focus: GCs fear heavy-touch regulation
Financial institutions warn that including general counsel in the City watchdog’s Senior Managers Regime could jeopardise a centuries-old fundamental principle of law
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NewsSFO wins disclosure bid in legal privilege case
Companies can no longer assume that internal documents can be legally witheld from investigation agencies, lawyer claims.
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NewsPwC strengthens offering to in-house sector
Accountancy giant announces significant hires to help companies shape their legal functions.
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News£222k confiscation to fund crime-fighting and courts
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham praises legal team for court outcome following Proceeds of Crime Act order.
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NewsNews focus: Councils in need of counselling
Local government lawyers gathered for their annual weekend school shared tips on coping with unprecedented budget cuts – and the post-Brexit loss of European grant funding
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NewsIn-house lawyers braced for a Byzantine Brexit
Law Society In-House Division looked at implications of leaving EU
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NewsClifford Chance: businesses will face pressure to remedy human rights abuses
Large companies will come under increased pressure during 2017 to provide effective ‘remedies’ to victims of business-related human rights abuses.
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News‘Big four’ firm debuts on £400m government panel
Accountancy giant joins forces with three law firms to provide general legal advice services.
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FeatureIn-house: a bit of everything
The role of the charity general counsel sits somewhere between the private and public sectors.
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NewsCareer guidance given to in-house lawyers
Taking on non-executive directorship roles can help to challenge the stereotypes and prejudice that in-house solicitors face, Law Society seminar told.
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OpinionHP legal team’s diversity bravery
Will any general counsel in the UK have the guts to replicate the tech giant’s minimum standard sanction?
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NewsLawyers wanted for the reserves
An in-house lawyer who is also Britain’s most senior reserve officer has opened a new campaign – to persuade more law firms to engage with the armed forces. Major General Ranald Munro, appointed assistant chief of defence staff last year with a brief to build up the reserve forces by ...
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NewsEx-Leeds Utd MD fails to overturn costs award against fellow solicitor
David Haigh applied to Westminster Magistrates’ Court to bring a private prosecution against Peter Gray.
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NewsBe more diverse or we’ll withhold 10% of your fees, IT giant tells firms
US technology company HP issues diversity mandate, telling law firms ‘we can all do better’.
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EU regulations fuel demand for in-house lawyers
Recruitment report shows particular desire for data privacy specialists.
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FeatureIn-house: what skills do GCs need?
Vodafone’s general counsel reflects on the skills required of GCs to shape the organisation around them.