Lawyer, innovator, business advisor - law, tech, policy.

Joined November 2019
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We have an opportunity to address a historic regulator omission:failure to ref the role of the GC/in-house legal team in corp governance. Sign the collective response below to the @FRCnews Corp Code consultation today by emailing inhousegroupUK@gmail.com - tinyurl.com/inhousegroupUKFR…
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Looking forward to chairing duties at tomorrow's @EconomistEvents GC Summit extending our perspectives responsibility together around GC leadership with all that is happening in the world. See you there - 3.05 4.15pm for tech-talk more. bit.ly/3dKvrOJ
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Delighted to be chairing @MDR_LAB showcase event on Wed - looking forward to hearing from the presenting companies across a range of categories, checking in on hard yards of progress, and exploring the value of legal technology. Great to see some of you there. @sinc_dj for info.
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This is particularly pertinent for the General Counsel or Chief Legal Officer, but is relevant to all in-house lawyers. We - @JeniferSwallow and @ciaranfenton - provide on the link below a template amendment letter, sample talking points and board briefing paper…/7
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Great advice here for founders. The momentum is to forge straight up the mountain. Who wouldn't benefit from pausing to appreciate and re-ground yourself and your team? #makespacetoaccelerate
CEOs fresh from a successful large funding round: three warnings ciaranfenton.wordpress.com/2…
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As I share in our Progress Report below, the opportunity for growth disruption through #lawtech is significant. It is only through practical collaboration we will make the progress business and society need. Thanks to all involved in @lawtech_uk's work so far - more to come!
27 May 2022
We’re taking a moment to look back on the progress LawtechUK has made to date. Great appreciation to all involved in the journey so far, helping us transform the legal sector through tech. 🚀 Read the full progress report here 👇 lawtechuk.io/explore/lawtech… #lawtech #legaltech
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Around one-third (32%) of small businesses experience a legal issue annually – read the LSB key asks for a small businesses support strategy: legalservicesboard.org.uk/wp…
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Soulbound Token Lawyers are the next big thing ;-) msn.com/en-us/news/technolog…

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Coming to the conclusion that legaltech is finding it easier to get investors than customers
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Legal community check this out >> an innovative proof of concept demonstrating the potential of big data analytics in law. Kudos to those involved and I look forward to seeing where the market takes this now it is shown to be possible.
21 Apr 2022
Access to data and data sharing continues to stifle innovation. Our proof of concept set out how privacy enhancing technologies can support organisations to extract insights from their collective data without relinquishing control. Read more: lnkd.in/ed8rNRW4
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Replying to @JeniferSwallow
Internal audit is indeed relevant, as you suggest. Auditors should report directly to non-execs on the board, to protect them from management. But it went wrong at the Post Office. The auditors & audit committee were supine & ineffective, as I argue here. journals.sas.ac.uk/deeslr/ar…

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If I had a wish about the legal profession, it would be for all of us to see how essential it is, how needed it is, but how we cannot take our opportunities and duties for granted. Great influence comes with great accountability. We need to talk. We need to own our moment.
The Post Office Horizon Scandal puts in-house lawyer regulation and practice firmly in the spotlight. This is the subject of a paper I share here jeniferswallow.com/posts/the…
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Do let us know what you feel about these issues here or via the contact link on the webpage.
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@RichardMoorhead @ciaranfenton @LBCWiseCounsel @ccoachdforever Emma Humphrey Tom Ellis Christopher Barnard Adrian Thurston Ben Watts Jonathan Canning Karen Nokes Wayne Gibbard Lauren McCann
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