In this section we have collated all the previously published articles and blogs written by Paul Gilbert, Jonathan Smith and guests.
This is a resource for you to browse and is free to view. The first articles were published in the early 2000’s, but retain a relevance that is still valid and informative today. The later pieces reflect the changing face of the legal profession and the threat/opportunity for the role of lawyers in business and in our society.
We hope you will find that their opinions add to the debates of the day and inform, challenge and occasionally provoke. Please also join them in that debate on Twitter and follow Jonathan @jdsofislip and Paul @LBCWiseCounsel.
A small person’s adventure
Being loved and living in a stable family environment where potential can be fulfilled is never something to take for granted. Looking around the world today the percentage of children who can say this describes their world is still depressingly small. When I was a teenage boy I never took my parents’ love for granted,… More
Fighting a good fight
Last year in the UK, lawyers came under scrutiny from the Government. The line, simplistically, was that Legal Aid lawyers were too expensive and too inefficient. Politics of course thrives on such simplistic arguments. While there may be some kind of truth in some such statements, the arguments are too easy to promulgate and will… More
Self love for beginners: by Carolyn Kirby OBE
Carolyn Kirby is President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales. She was President of the Law Society of England and Wales 2002-2003 and is currently the Law Society Council member for Mid and West Wales. She was awarded an OBE in the 2016 New Years Honours list. Self love for beginners: Which is… More
Hello 2016 pleased to meet you
It is the time of year when commentators, consultants, “futurologists” (whatever they are) and those with more time to chatter than those who must do, rise up to share their predictions for the year ahead. I am one of those people. I’ve not had a proper job for years. I seem to swan about making… More
a few quiet words on work and love
…you know sometimes you just have to write without caring where it goes. Let it go where it wants and see if you are brave enough to share when you are done. I have a thought, it is not complete, it may be really dumb, but I need to write about it. It is about… More