by Steve O'Connell | Aug 30, 2023 | Blog |
From its beginnings as a standardised plate of steel used as a template in the construction of steam boilers in the 19th century by manufacturers, boilerplate has now become common parlance in relation to “standard” contracts/ clauses, code or copy. In relation to...
by Steve O'Connell | Aug 28, 2023 | Blog |
Each business has its own identity. In a previous blog (Lawpoint Values: more than words), I described the (at times) painful process we went through to enshrine Lawpoint’s identity in mission, vision and values statements, with a particular focus on the process of...
by Steve O'Connell | Aug 27, 2023 | Blog, Contracts |
Empowerment through pro-active negotiation systems consultancy Background Lawpoint’s client develops and provides a SaaS platform to a client base of large, heavyweight financial services firms. A high volume of client contracts were heavily negotiated by the...
by Steve O'Connell | Aug 26, 2023 | Blog |
Mission Statements, Vision, and Values – are just buzzwords to some, but we’ve gone to a lot of trouble to define ourselves through these watchwords. As a small business owner, it really helped me get my head straight regarding the identity of our business. I...
by Steve O'Connell | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog, Legal Risk |
Ok, I get it; risk is not the sexiest of subjects. If there was a third certainty in life besides death and taxes, I’d say that the existence of “risk” would be a good contender. What is risk? There are so many definitions of risk, but whichever one you look...
by Steve O'Connell | Dec 8, 2022 | Blog |
Late in November, we wrote a blog https://www.law-point.co.uk/blog-data-protection/ regarding the proposed changes to the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulations detailed in public consultation which closed earlier this year. Since that blog, on the 30th...