This Practice Note is intended for in-house lawyers considering outsourcing some legal services to external suppliers. It forms part of a suite of guidance and precedents to assist you with the outsourcing decision. This Practice Note provides guidance on how to identify which legal services to outsource. See also Practice Notes:

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   Legal services outsourcing—in-house lawyers—information gathering

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   Legal services outsourcing—in-house lawyers—outsourcing options

Before deciding which legal services to outsource, you should already have gathered data about:

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   what legal advice your organisation has used previously

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   what legal advice it is likely to need in the future, and

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   the resources available in your legal team

See Practice Note: Legal services outsourcing—in-house lawyers—information gathering.

The next step is to assess which legal services you could consider outsourcing. This Practice Note is designed to help you to think about:

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   key practical issues such as your objectives in outsourcing and how to ensure those objectives are achieved

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   which legal services should not be outsourced

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   which legal services could be outsourced

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   what