HB 296:2007

1 - HB 296:2007 LEGAL RISK MANAGEMENT
3 - Preface
4 - Executive summary
5 - Contents
6 - 1 Introduction
6 - 1.1 Why practice preventative law?
8 - 1.2 How can the legal profession use riskmanagement in the delivery of services?
9 - 1.3 What this Handbook aims to do
10 - 1.4 What this Handbook does not do
10 - 1.5 Who should read it?
11 - 2 Why adopt a process forthe management of legalrisks?
11 - 2.1 The attributes of good legal risk management
12 - 2.2 The benefits of adopting a systematic approach
14 - 2.3 Applications of legal risk management
15 - 3 The nature of legal risksand legal risk treatmentoptions
15 - 3.1 Case study example
15 - 3.2 Key facts and circumstances
16 - 3.3 Scenario 1
17 - 3.4 Scenario 2
18 - 3.5 Analysis
19 - 4 The legal riskmanagement process
32 - 5 Planning for legal riskmanagement
32 - 5.1 Background
32 - 5.2 Process to develop a legal risk management plan.
32 - 5.2.1 Legal risk management audit
33 - 5.2.2 The Legal Risk Management Plan
33 - 5.2.3 Develop and communicate the legal risk managementpolicy
34 - 5.2.4 Establish accountability and authority
34 - 5.2.5 Customise the legal risk management process
35 - 5.2.6 Ensure adequate resources
36 - 5.3 Sustaining legal risk management
37 - 6 Satisfying organisations’legal risk managementneeds
38 - APPENDIX A - Contract HAZOP – anexample of a systematicuse of a riskmanagement process
38 - A1 Background
38 - A2 Applying HAZOP to contracts
42 - A3 Conducting the contract HAZOP study