For better or worse, we live in an era of non-stop communication. Via telephone, e-mail, pager or semaphore, it is now rarely the case that, friend or relative, client or partner, genuinely cannot be reached.

And while City lawyers are seldom thought of as revolutionary folk, keen to jump aboard the latest technological bandwagon, it is clear that any opportunity to provide those all-important clients with a faster and more complete service must be gratefully seized.