Further proof (as if it were needed) of the increasingly star-spangled nature of corporate in-housery came last week from the very
home of glamour – no, not the internal legal function at GlaxoSmithKline, but Hollywood in the good old US of A.

Ginger-topped Scots thespian Tilda Swinton scooped an Oscar last week for her portrayal of tough in-house lawyer Karen Crowder in George Clooney’s whistle-blowing legal drama Michael Clayton.