All In-house articles – Page 33
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Opinion
In-house plea
I appreciate that your recent articles on mediation were about family mediation, but they inadvertently appear to cast a gloomy light over commercial mediation, which is actually going from strength to strength. This is due to extraordinary success rates – 90% of all UK commercial cases settle on the day ...
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News
In-house lawyers aim for the board
The aspirations of in-house lawyers to become board directors are growing.
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NewsIn-house to do more high-value work
The growth of in-house legal departments will slow and general counsel will take on more of the work traditionally provided by private firms, according to Julia Chain, MD at Huron Legal.
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NewsGrieve leads GLS recruitment drive
Attorney general urges careers advisers to promote government in-house working.
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ProfileIan Gatt QC and Dr Mary Bradbury
The pioneers behind Herbert Smith Freehills’ programme to promote mental wellness discuss their work.
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NewsMoJ spends £96m on 'off payroll' staff
A ban on temps has been lifted, but the department says it only buys in specialist skills which are ‘not available in-house’.
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OpinionShould in-house grow their own leaders?
The reasons to promote internally are compelling, even if in-house succession planning presents challenges.
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OpinionDecent exposure
Some lawyers do not emerge well from whistleblower Michael Woodford’s account of the Olympus scandal, says Michael Cross.
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NewsKent council firm boosts profits
Profits at Kent Legal Services rose 20% to £2.4m for 2012/13, the local authority-owned venture reported today. Turnover rose £1m to £12m. The performance capped the previous year’s growth of 18% to £2m, on a turnover up by 10%. Kent County Council was one of the first legal service teams ...
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NewsMagic circle ‘must adapt to changes’
Magic circle firms must innovate to adapt to a permanently changed legal market, warns Baring GC
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Opinion
In-house path
Recently, the Gazette published two pieces about the legal career path from two different angles. The first, a 2 August article entitled ‘Students “pessimistic” about training contracts’, provided an analysis of the oversupply of graduates compared with the number of training contracts. The second, a blog entitled ‘Later start to ...
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OpinionSeeking a privileged position
In the EU, the battle to secure full professional status for in-house lawyers continues, argues Anthony Brooks
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OpinionThe cost of standing still
Providing legal services in the same way firms have been doing for decades won’t cut it anymore
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ProfileAlison Saunders
Alison Saunders, the next director of public prosecutions, inherits a Crown Prosecution Service whose lawyers have scant faith in its management.
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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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News
The view from Qatar
Qatar’s state-of-the-art litigation centre is not attempting to poach business from London
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News
TSol set for major recruitment push
Whitehall’s central legal services provider the Treasury Solicitors Department (TSol) is to recruit 40 lawyers after spending nearly £4.6m on temporary staff through outsourcer Capita, the Gazette can reveal. The recruitment campaign is for advisory, commercial, employment and litigation lawyers at civil service grade 7, with salaries between £47,086 and ...
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News
Bribery Act lying dormant, SFO admits
The Serious Fraud Office is investigating just two cases relating to the Bribery Act more than two years after the new law came into force, the Gazette has learned. A freedom of information request has revealed the SFO has yet to bring any prosecutions under the new legislation and has ...
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News
In-house lawyers focusing more on business issues
The role of the in-house lawyer is increasingly moving away from legal work to concentrate on business issues, research has found. A survey of UK heads of legal and general counsel by resourcing consultancy FreshMinds Legal found that, on average, just 38% of the day is now spent on legal ...
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News
Lawyers wary over company owners rule
Company law specialists have cautiously welcomed the government’s approach to requiring all companies to declare their beneficial owners. A discussion paper published last week by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills proposes creating a register of beneficial owners to meet a commitment set out at last month’s G8 summit. ...