On Monday I was presenting a seminar in Leicester in the afternoon. I took the train and then a taxi to the venue.
I got in the first taxi in the queue waiting outside the station. After I told the driver the destination, he said "How much do you want to pay?"
In this period between Christmas and the New Year, I tend to go to the office to catch up on my paperwork. I consider it to be my quiet time to clear those bits of paper from my desk and tidy up a bit.
It caught my eye in an article on the BBC website that there seems to be a generally accepted idea that the divorce rate is on the increase, without any in depth consideration of what factors might influence the numbers.
You've all heard the one about people getting divorced in January haven't you?
Whether a world without lawyers is likely to be good or bad is a matter for speculation for the time being, although after April 2013 we will certainly see a different legal services landscape.