Viewpoints
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At CLL, our contributors come from a wide range of backgrounds, both legal and non-legal. So, whatever situation you find yourself in, you’ll find the best possible advice and insight here.
SFO v ENRC a victory for privilege but just how far does it go?
On 5 September 2018, the Court of Appeal re-enforced privilege as a cornerstone of a company’s protections in relation to internal investigations in The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation. This article considers the case and its practical implications, including continuing limitations on privilege and the pitfalls to avoid.
Read moreIs blockchain the train that still hasn't arrived?
If you believed all the hyperbole about blockchain you’d think we were on the cusp of the greatest technology development we have ever seen.
Read moreResolving commercial and private client disputes involving business partners and family members
Partnerships and family businesses often face the same challenges other businesses face but, because a different sort of personal relationship exists in a partnership or a family business, different considerations apply, especially when things go wrong.
Read moreAn interview with Bjarne Tellmann
This interview was taken from the fourth issue of Modern Legal Practice, published by Globe Law and Business.
Read moreTechnology and innovation in the in-house context
Bjarne P Tellmann, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at Pearson, considers the place of technological change in the evolving role of the GC
Read moreCan in-house lawyers ‘Work Out Loud’?
Working Out Loud’ (WOL) is a way of working which advocates sharing work-in-progress across a network or community of people and getting (and giving) feedback to help improve the outcome.
Read moreHow to turn 'bad news' into a great conversation
There are many ways for 'difficult conversations' to go wrong, and the more of the following practical tips you put into practice, the better the outcome is likely to be.
Read moreWhat I learned from my colleagues: part 2
How do you learn? I tend to learn from the example of people around me.
Read moreThe general counsel as chief executive
The general counsel’s role is being transformed by what can be termed the “professional convergence revolution”.
Read moreWhy the law is our most important moral code
If we were speaking from the point of view of common sense, we could say without any anxious questioning that we on the planet have a duty to survive and that in order to survive we need moral rules, and that the legal systems of the world in all their aspects are by far the biggest, the oldest and the most efficient code of morality that we have. This is so notwithstanding all of their faults.
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