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Anyway, happy Martin Luther King Day, everyone.

As Trump hits the Whitehouse, will law firms join big tech's rush to abandon equality and diversity efforts? I think not. Their experience of looking at, not least, gender pay gaps shows the financial and productivity cost of talent getting 'stuck'. lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-and…

Over on #TheArchers, an argument over whether beavers can be a game changer.

New game. Every time someone on #TheArchers says "Beaver", we have to take a drink.

I think we're at the start of another four year period of no pet dog in the White House.

Odd, isn't it, the way it doesn't matter which party is in power - once they are in power, they go off judicial review, and decide it must be what's keeping them just short of brilliance in public office. lawgazette.co.uk/news/starmer-b…

Feminist campaigning lawyer Harriet Wistrich was excellent on Desert Island Discs - reflected in Law Society Gazette's Obiter column. Episode being repeated on Radio 4 right now. edition.pagesuite.com/infinity/artic…

I'm not sure Agincourt is a very good name for a British warship anyway - you know, given the French won the Hundred Years War.

Freeths partner Penny Simpson takes a bat's eye view of Rachel Reeves assertion that nature's newts are getting in the way of growth for today's Law Society Gazette. lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-and…

As we look at the Trump tariffs and trade threats, does strike me that if the USA had spent the post-1970 period making better cars and nicer cheese, to take two examples, more people would buy American anyway. Just a thought.

Critics say the SRA's consultation on an end to solicitors holding client money is a distraction from its regulatory failures; the SRA counters it's part of a much bigger piece of consumer protection and rights work. My article for today's Gazette. edition.pagesuite.com/infinity/artic…

I don't know why Trump seems bothered by the International Criminal Court. It could only come after him for a future war crime if US courts weren't able to keep him accountable. Oh hang on...

"It was awful if I'm honest." Irwin Mitchell's prizewinning Alison Eddie talks progress with me - from harassment and getting male colleagues' page 3 pinups taken down, to leading a 450-strong London office with a majority female partnership. edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader/p…

If anyone thinks my US friends and relatives won't pay extra for European cheese, then they haven't tasted US cheese. #tariffs

I take a look at the amended assisted dying legislation ahead of a Commons vote on 16 May. It's far from the beast opponents claim, but its safeguards and processes are an exhausting threat to autonomy. lawgazette.co.uk/features/safet…

Viewed through a 'rule of law' lens, China, and now the US, have huge, self-imposed disadvantages in law, business and society. In Europe, if we do things right, this could be another 'European Century'. My thoughts for today's Law Society Gazette lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-and…

Some sketching with a pen today in Hole Park Garden, which has a bluebell wood (colour not included).

Impossible position of law firms that gave in to Trump's executive orders - damage to global partnerships, on the hook for permanent government interference in their business, and pro bono work no-one wants to do... my thoughts in leader of today's Gazette edition.pagesuite.com/infinity/artic…

How to respond when clients cry - a nicely considered article for Law Society Gazette by barrister and clinical negligence specialist Daniel Sokol. lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-and…

100-plus public figures, academics and campaign groups warn 'every sign from the government suggests the right to an EHCP is to be removed from children attending mainstream schools.' I unpick the battle over legal rights & Law Society Gazette's dealings w DfE lawgazette.co.uk/features/send-…