A report has called for major change in the way corporate legal work is regulated.The independent report, Review of the Regulation of Corporate Legal Work, by former senior civil servant Nick Smedley, was commissioned by the Law Society and published last week. (newlawjournal.co.uk)
They will be meaningless as she and others have said their priority is UK trade agreements elsewhere, leaving a three course meal for the hope of a packet of crisps as one former senior civil servant put it yesterday. (totalpolitics.com)
This opportunity was missed, and a recently retired former senior civil servant, Sir Alex Allan, was appointed through a closed recruitment process, which only became public knowledge after the event. (theguardian.com)