Paul Gilbert, the chairman of the Law Society’s Commerce & Industry (C&I) Group, has made a plea to the Law Society for extra funding to reflect the in-house sector’s higher profile.

The call came after Gilbert, head of legal at Cheltenham & Gloucester, and C&I Group vice president Edward Smethurst, met with Law Society president Michael Mathews, vice president Robert Sayer and deputy vice president Kamlesh Bahl last week.