If you have a Legal Department, use them! It is a complicated profession and an area of great risk for the Procurement Professional. Remember how we feel when an internal function bypasses Procurement and does a shocking job, which we then have to try and recover later!

That said however, in our profession a reasonable level of Commercial and Contractual knowledge is essential as your career progresses.  In this podcast Sue and I discuss the Legal Aspects of Procurement, Contract Terms and Conditions, various commercial clauses and some specific special clauses along the way!