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Kent Council to launch trainee lawyer programme

Kent County Council's legal team is to launch its own trainee programme, with the move coming as the local authority eyes a series of white label and cross-selling initiatives.

24 May 2013 | 00:00

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Norton Rose, Simmons and Dentons among winners in Shell review

Shell has concluded a comprehensive review of its global external legal advisers, with a host of UK and US firms winning appointmen...

22 May 2013 | 17:36

Law firms missing out on SME work over cost concerns, LSB study finds

More than half of small businesses are handling their own legal matters amid widespread concerns about the value for money offered ...

22 May 2013 | 00:04 | 2 comments

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Introduction to ValueDynamics - a new toolkit for General Counsel and Heads of Legal

Introduction to ValueDynamics - a new toolkit for General Counsel and Heads of Legal

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Middle East legal community out in force to celebrate region's recovery at CCME Awards

The Middle East legal community came out in force in Dubai last week to celebrate the achievements of lawyers, law firms and in-house legal teams at the Corporate Counsel Middle East (CCME) Awards. On 16 May, 300 lawyers attended the event at the W...

24 May 2013 | 00:00 | secure

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What they don't teach you at law school

Technical legal knowledge is the bedrock on which your career as a lawyer is built. Without technical knowledge, you are unlikely to achieve anything sustainable in the law. Indeed, without technical knowledge, you lose your raison d'etre, the foundat...

17 May 2013 | 00:00 | secure

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The style counsel - Coach's Jasmine Karimi on the highs and lows of working for a luxury brand

Jasmine Karimi takes the business of working for a luxury handbag label very seriously. Elizabeth Broomhall talks to the head of Coach's Asia legal team about the challenges in the region...

10 May 2013 | 00:00 | secure

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Call of the Wild – Kent County Council's Geoff Wild on transforming the local authority's legal team

Given that Geoff Wild won the general counsel of the year award at the 2012 British Legal Awards, it is perhaps ironic that his role more accurately reflects that of a managing partner at a small law firm than any in-house position...

24 May 2013 | 00:00 | secure

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High riser – Lloyd's of London GC on his meteoric rise to the top

It is probably fair to say that no one in their wildest dreams would think that within a decade of leaving university they would be on the five-man executive team of the world's most prestigious insurance market. Yet that is exactly what Sean McGovern...

17 May 2013 | 00:03 | secure

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Beating heart - British Heart Foundation GC on asking lawyers to work for free

Deborah Prince worked in private practice, at Tesco and Which? before heading the legal team at the British Heart Foundation. She talks to Grant Murgatroyd about her colourful career and why she isn't shy when it comes to asking lawyers to work for fr...

26 Apr 2013 | 00:01 | secure

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