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.
Introduction to your finance departmentOverview of the finance departmentThe finance department and the legal department usually work very closely...
Getting the Deal Through: Merger Control 2022Jurisdictions coveredThe following jurisdictions are covered in this report:Albania; Australia; Austria;...
A guide to project management—Part 4: Project lifecycleWhen managing a project or programme, it is likely to have key phases with sub-project tasks. A...
Sample team meeting agenda Dear all, here’s the agenda for the next legal team meeting. Please take the time to read it [and any supporting materials]...
Scotland—the process for applying for sequestrationSequestration in Scotland is the legal process by which an insolvent debtor’s estate is gathered in, realised and then distributed among their creditors by a trustee appointed for that purpose. The process requires that a formal award of
If planning permission imposes restrictions on a licensed premises opening hours, once operational can the personal licence holder apply for a Temporary Events Notice (TEN) to open for longer hours than those permitted in the planning permission?To use any property for a licensable activity both
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
Financial clean break orders in family proceedingsDuty of the court to consider a clean breakAlthough there is no presumption in favour of there being a financial clean break between parties on divorce, the court is under a duty to consider whether it would be appropriate to exercise its powers so
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