In a recent edition of The Lawyer, reporting on Irwin Mitchell‘s plans to float and take on the mid-tier (whatever that means), managing partner John Pickering is quoted as saying:

“It’s about deconstruction of the law, like [consultants] Stephen Mayson or Richard Susskind have explained in the past, trying to reduce it to an operational process.”

Reducing law to an operational process?  Great!  Calls to mind the words of Steve Martin in the film All of Me:

“You’re like an energy vampire. You suck the life out of people and take the fun out of being a lawyer. “