AN INTRODUCTION TO BRIEFING NOTES
A major and innovative product provided by Owllegal is the Briefing Note, used to keep decision makers informed about the issues they are responsible for.
INTRODUCTION
A major and innovative product provided by Owllegal is the Briefing Note, and in order to provide a detailed analysis of what constitutes a briefing note, we have utilised an excellent overview provided by Susan Doyle of the University of Victoria Canada, and we also provide two examples of what a briefing note is – copies of which can be downloaded.
WHAT IS A BRIEFING?
Briefings, whether in the form of briefing notes, longer briefing papers, or oral briefings, are used to keep decision makers informed about the issues they are responsible for. In Business, especially Blue Chip companies and multi-national organisations, briefings (whether called briefings or some other name) are one of the principal means of communication between Directors and their managers (or other senior officials). The demands of Business these days are such that senior employee’s must constantly learn and retain information about an enormous range of topics and issues, which change rapidly. The only way they can do this is to rely on concise, clear, reliable briefings.
HOW IS A BRIEFING NOTE REQUESTED?
The way the product is requested is as follows; (1) The client emails or calls Owllegal for a brief (2) Owllegal responds with an email setting out the agreement, the price and raising questions to obtain information about the problem (3) The client agrees the price, pays the price and provides answers and the documents sought. (4) Where necessary additional questions are asked of the client (5) The client provides the additional information (6) The briefing note is provided
CONCLUSION
It is inevitable that a business will face commercial disputes from time to time, these disputes can be costly both in terms of money and time. Where a dispute arises the business should get legal advice on the strength of its position and what strategy and tactics to adopt. A briefing note provides a cost effective and quick process for the business to obtain specialist commercial law advice and by acting pro-active the business has the opportunity to save both time and money and potentially resolve the dispute whilst maintaining a working relationship with the other party.
For further details, please see the Blog Post, entitled “What is a Briefing Note?.”
Advising Briefing Note example
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