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As an In-house lawyer, you have to cover more ground than most. Today, you need to be an expert on data protection. Tomorrow, it could be employment contracts. And it’s not just a case of knowing the law. You need to have a nose for the commercial
side of things, too.
Risk management
Managing legal risk is a key expectation of in-house lawyers. Boards increasingly expect them to proactively involve themselves in the organisation’s formal risk management processes. We help you manage legal risk.
Training for your business
This Precedent anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) presentation is a training aid to introduce your staff to the Bribery Act 2010. Easily train them on your own internal anti-bribery and corruption policies and procedures.
Key skills
Gain insight into your company’s finance and accounting. We’ll describe the format financial accounting information is presented, and give you the why and how that information’s used to determine business goals.
Cover all bases
As an In-house lawyer, you have to cover more ground than most. Today, you need to be an expert on data protection. Tomorrow, it could be employment contracts. And it’s not just a case of knowing the law. You need to have a nose for the commercial side of
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Latest In-house Advisor Practice Notes
This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. It summarised key legal and regulatory changes that were expected to affect in-house...
This Practice Note highlights key legal and regulatory changes that affect or will affect in-house lawyers in 2023 and beyond. While some are set in...
The SRA’s continuing competence regime requires solicitors to reflect on their practice and identify (and then address) their learning and development...
This Practice Note provides practical guidance and tips for in-house lawyers on boosting quality, productivity (by way of a better coordination of...
This Practice Note together with Precedent: Strategic planning—step plan, suggests some initiatives to help you understand the broader business goals...
Latest In-house Advisor Precedents
Five forces modelFive forces analysisThink about each of the five key forces (factors) that drive an organisation’s competitive position and how they...
This presentation has been designed as an aid to train your managers on conducting appraisals.The training materials are customisable.This version of...
GeneralItemDescriptionPurpose of meetingIntroductory meeting between [Insert your name], [insert your job title] and [insert name of CFO], CFO of...
GeneralItemDescriptionPurpose of meetingIntroductory meeting between [Insert your name], [insert your job title] and [insert name of Procurement...
1ObjectivesProvide a summary of your key objectives here.For example:To comply with the requirements of the Bribery Act 2010, we need to ensure all...
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Job Description—Chief Operating Officer
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ESG for in-house lawyers—the basics
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Stakeholder mapping
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Internal communications—formulating an internal communications plan
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Writing a business case
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Formal presentations
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Critical thinking and problem solving
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Giving and receiving feedback
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SRA Competencies self—assessment template—Legal Counsel
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Internal communications plan
Internal communications plan1ObjectivesProvide a summary of your key objectives here.For example:To comply with the requirements of the Bribery Act...
Associated legal terms
Distribution expenses
‘Distribution expenses’ constitute all costs, expenses and charges paid or incurred or required to be paid or incurred by a company in connection with a company’s rights in the film or distribution of the film.
Indirect copyright protection
The essence of section 51(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) is that creating a three-dimensional article from a design document is not a copyright infringement unless the corresponding three-dimensional article qualifies as an artistic work in itself, which would consequently be protected under CDPA 1988, s 4(1)(a). CDPA 1988, s 51(1) reads: ‘…it is not an infringement of any copyright in a design document or model recording or embodying a design for anything other than an artistic work or a typeface to make an article to the design or to copy an article made to the design.’
Joint authors
Where two or more authors have collaborated in the production of a work in which the contribution of one author is not distinct from the contribution of the other author or authors. Each contributor must contribute a significant part of the skill and labour protected by the copyright.
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