If you type in the phrase ‘time management’ to the internet search engine Google you will get 748,000 entries. I would imagine 747, 999 of these would be helpful in some way to in-house teams who, in a very harsh economic environment, are facing the severest of demands on their time.

I speak to a broad spectrum of heads of legal and general counsels. It has become apparent that there are a variety of different challenges facing most corporates, but one common trend affecting most companies and their legal teams is undoubtedly the increase in work in most departments, unfortunately coupled with fewer resources.