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[[File:Outhouse cm01.jpg|450px|frameless|center]] | [[File:Outhouse cm01.jpg|450px|frameless|center]]}}A derogatory term amongst [[inhouse counsel|''in''house counsel]], for a [[law firm]], or [[legal eagle]] in private practice — those who know the charge-out rate for everything, but the value of nothing. An outside counsel who has extra-special magical powers and can analyse her way through brick walls, walk on water, and reach parts ordinary [[Outside Counsel]] is called a “[[Queen’s Counsel]]”. | ||
}}A derogatory term amongst [[inhouse counsel|''in''house counsel]], for a [[law firm]], or [[legal eagle]] in private practice — those who know the charge-out rate for everything, but the value of nothing. | |||
There is a venerable, if not honourable, tradition amongst [[inhouse counsel|''inhouse'' counsel]] of referring urgent, difficult, novel, unexpected or stressful questions at times to outside counsel. | |||
Now you might wonder how an individual with little institutional knowledge can have a better view about these subtleties that a 20 year institutional veteran. | |||
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*[[Queen’s Counsel]] | |||
*[[Law firm]] | *[[Law firm]] | ||
*[[Magic circle law firm]] | *[[Magic circle law firm]] | ||
*[[Silver circle law firm]] | *[[Silver circle law firm]] | ||