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  Or at least that’s how it feels. I feel like there is an important piece of me missing – that’s because there is an important piece of me missing! I am completely without my phone today and I am completely beside myself. Don’t worry, I didn’t throw it at anyone or anything following a […]

January may be famous as the divorce month, but it can also be the new start month. Not just in terms of relationship, but in business too. Many people come back from their Christmas break full of determination to start up on their own. Some of these ideas fall flat on their faces – often […]

We all know not to believe everything you read, but what about the things that you hear? Like many people in business, I’ve often signed up to a deal or entered into a contract having listened to a sales pitch. I may not have been influenced by it, and I may have taken some of […]

New Year is traditionally the time when people take stock of their lives, both personal and professional, and consider making changes. There’s all the usual ones, like living more healthily (usually due to too much over eating at Christmas!) and taking up a new hobby (usually due to spending too much time with family over the […]

Before you start writing your thank you cards for all the lovely gifts you’re about to receive, you may want to think carefully about what you say and whether it could be used against you. I’m sure you’ve all read about the Mail on Sunday publishing a private letter from Meghan to her father earlier […]

I know that sounds unlikely, but it’s true.  And I have evidence! It all started with a strange letter. Now in my line of business, a letter has to be really out of the ordinary to win the title of strange, but this one was really odd. For a start, it came to me at […]

Most people will know by now that if you receive an email from a Nigerian prince asking for money you should definitely not send it.  But with scammers becoming increasing clever in their tactics, even the most savvy may be lured into a false sense of security. “CEO fraud” is on the rise, with the […]

  If you’re reading this blog, the chances are that you work.  If you’re working, you hopefully enjoy what you do, but you may not always describe it as “fun”. If you’re running your own business, or in a senior role in someone else’s business, you’re probably not a clock watcher, and these days it’s […]

  You’d be forgiven for thinking that anything I suggest that saves you money but means less fees for me is a bit like a turkey voting for Christmas. Nevertheless, I’m a big advocate of things that are probably better for you than they are for me. I’m a big fan of mediation – it’s […]

One of the downsides to having been in law for over 30 years, is that I’ve seen all the things that can go wrong. It doesn’t make me a pessimist, just a realist. It also makes me very keen to help my contacts avoid some of the mistakes that I’ve seen people make before. From […]