Change will not happen overnight, and we will need to see more investment in lawtech solutions for the individual, consumer and small business end of the market. This may require policy and regulatory support.

Some are predicting a bloodbath in the legal sector and there are reports of members seeking to jump from their sinking ships and others being ejected. So how easy is it to leave an LLP?

Spartacus (or maybe Kirk Douglas) once said: “I believe in opportunity and the power of reason to seize upon it. Whatever happens, it happens because we choose for it. We decide our fate.”

The thought of setting up a new law firm during a global pandemic may seem irrational, cavalier and high risk. However, the winners will be those who adapt the quickest and realise the change.

Before the pandemic, I had one regular online get-together in my diary each week. With up to six online meetings a day since, I have since uncovered a lot about the do’s and don’ts.