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THOROGOOD PROFESSIONAL INSIGHTS A SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED REPORT INSIGHTS INTO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING THE IN-HOUSE LEGAL FUNCTION AN INSIDER’S VIEW – REVISED EDITION Barry O’Meara Blank page THOROGOOD PROFESSIONAL INSIGHTS A SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED REPORT INSIGHTS INTO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING THE IN-HOUSE LEGAL FUNCTION AN INSIDER’S VIEW – REVISED EDITION Barry O’Meara Thorogood Publishing Ltd Other Thorogood Professional Insights 10-12 Rivington Street London EC2A 3DU. t: 020 7749 4748 f: 020 7729 6110 e: [email protected] Techniques of Structuring and Drafting Commercial Contracts w: www.thorogood.ws Robert Ribeiro © Barry O’Meara 2005 Successful Competitive Tendering Jeff Woodhams The Legal Protection of Databases Simon Chalton All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying, Trade Secrets of Successfully Disposing of Unquoted Companies Barrie Pearson Technical Aspects of Business Leases Malcolm Dowden recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. This Report is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s The Commercial Exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights by Licensing prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than in which it is published and without a similar condition including this Charles D. DesForges The Competition Act – Practical Advice and Guidance Susan Singleton condition being imposed upon the subsequent purchaser. No responsibility for loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from action as a Websites and the Law result of any material in this publication can be accepted by Susan Singleton Special discounts for bulk quantities of Thorogood books are available to corporations, institutions, associations and other organisations. For more information contact Thorogood by telephone on 020 7749 4748, by fax on 020 7729 6110, or e-mail us: [email protected] the author or publisher. A CIP catalogue record for this Report is available from the British Library. ISBN 1 85418 174 2 Printed in Great Britain by printflow.com The author Barry O’Meara is a Solicitor who, following education at Charterhouse, served five year articles and his early post-qualification life in private practice. On 1st January, 1965 he joined the Legal Department of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd at the company’s headquarters at Millbank, Westminster where he spent the next thirty years, retiring at the end of 1994 as Deputy Group Solicitor. He then joined the leading City firm, Rowe & Maw, as a consultant. During a very busy career, Barry participated in the transformation of ICI from a major English company with overseas aspirations to a ‘World Class’ internati