Inhouse legal team of the year: Difference between revisions

*'''Inexplicable delay''': How many weeks can you leave a draft whose immediate turnaround you signalled was as a matter of life and death — and to produce which, your [[Private practice lawyer|legal team]] rearranged long-standing plans for the theatre, wedding anniversaries and so on — before deigning to so much as look at it?

*'''Can I speak to a partner please?''' The disdain with you regard junior members of the external team should they try to answer your elementary questions about the draft they spent sixteen hours preparing;

*'''[[Red-herring ninja]]dom''': How comprehensive and particular is your knowledge of the punctuation, typography, weight and leading of your employer’s legal name wherever it appears in a prospectus?

*'''Mark-up pedantry''': Beyond the inherent pedantry of the [[red-herring ninja]], how brazenly superficial are your amendments to your counsel’s perfectly sound legal drafting?

*'''Throw the associate under the bus''': How shamelessly will you blame the most junior member of outside counsel team — the same one whose name you keep forgetting and whose legal assurances count for nothing in the “can I speak to a partner please” category — for neglecting to prepare and circulate “critical legal documentation” that has, in fact, been in your inbox since 4.30 am on the Saturday morning immediately following your request for it.

*'''The competitive bid''': Ingeniously deciding to make all external spend over £2,500 subject to a mandatory three-way competitive bidding process.