Selling a law firm can be a complex process. The time comes when you might want to move on or retire, and finally extract as much value as you can from your practice. It’s a huge decision and a challenging task.

Price information is only the beginning of the consumer information journey. What people also tell us they want to know about is quality, and that is a much tougher question.

I have been around for so long that I can’t even type the number of years, because the keyboard starts laughing. But in all that time, I have never worked in or with a firm that does not have a Gerald or Geraldine.

Recent disciplinary decisions have seen a uncomfortable trend: some lawyers committing sex offences are allowed on carry on practising, but almost anyone guilty of dishonesty continues to be struck off.

Technology is designed to disrupt the workplace and so change management and leadership are needed to see its appropriate and most effective implementation.