The Law Society is captured by a group of smaller law firms and individual solicitors who have a backward-looking view of what a law firm should be. Many appear contemptuous of ‘big law’, innovation and change.

I recently met with officials from the European Commission to discuss what Brexit will mean for GDPR compliance, including the current extension until the end of October.

So we are about to launch head first in to another great legal services experiment. Away with all those restrictive practices that successive governments consider so heinous. All hail innovation and market forces.

The Insurance Distribution Directive has explosive potential for those law firms carrying on insurance distribution activities. The penalties and consequences arising from a breach are just as mission critical.

Ask someone what springs to mind when they hear the words artificial intelligence, and the first thing they might mention is a young Haley Joel Osment in the film AI. Or Sofia, the world’s first robotic citizen.