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Key definition

Delivery definition

What does Delivery mean? Delivery, in practice, is the seller handing over possession or control of goods to the buyer or the buyer’s agent at the agreed time and place. In the UK and Ireland it is defined in statute as the voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another (sale of goods Act 1979, s 61(1); Sale of Goods Act (Northern Ireland) 1979; Sale of Goods Act 1893 (Ireland), as amended). Delivery concerns possession and is distinct from the passing of property (title). Key features include actual delivery, constructive delivery (for example, to a carrier or by attornment), and symbolic...

Operational knowledge management for in-house legal teams: regulatory change, contract repositories, risk control, automated reporting, and secure remote collaboration

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Practice notes

Knowledge management

Whatever its scale, a legal department ultimately exists to do legal work: giving legal advice, overseeing disputes, reviewing contracts, and more. From a legal operations viewpoint, as the leader of an in-house team, you must consider how the function can most effectively support the organisation in delivering legal services. You not only have to keep the department running smoothly and business-like; you also need to provide timely, watertight legal advice.

The nature of legal knowledge, and where it resides, has expanded markedly. Critical legal information is now created and stored across internal repositories and cloud-based platforms. As an in-house lawyer, it is vital to know what your organisation’s legal data includes, where it is held, and which sources are pertinent for legal purposes. Consequently, knowledge management is a core element of operations management. But what does that actually involve? This Practice Note considers key areas your legal department should manage:

regulatory compliance
contract compliance
organisational risk and compliance Monitoring
how to keep such knowledge accessible to evolving ways of working

Any system you adopt for knowledge management will...

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