Streamline your legal department's efficiency with strategic management of internal workflows, team dynamics, and compliance to ensure seamless operations. Increase your value by proactively managing risks, aligning with business objectives, and highlighting your department’s impact on the bottom line. Improve collaboration and service delivery through the effective selection and management of external lawyers, ensuring top-tier support while maintaining cost-effectiveness and integration with your team. Become a trusted business partner by fostering cross-functional relationships, providing actionable legal advice, and contributing to strategic decisions that drive organizational success.
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An introduction to corporate governance for in-house lawyersThis Practice Note provides an introduction to corporate governance for in-house lawyers...
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If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
Glossary—Latin legal termsDespite attempts in recent years to simplify the language used in legal cases, there are still a number of Latin phrases commonly used in personal injury claims. The following Latin phrases are listed in alphabetical order:Latin
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