Portrait photograph of Michael Byrnes
Michael Byrnes
Partner

Michael Byrnes appeared on the Lawyers Week­ly pod­cast on the sub­ject ​“Emerg­ing from lock­down” released on 13 May 2022. Like many sec­tors, the legal pro­fes­sion had to adapt to meet the demands of the COVID-19 lock­downs. Now is a good time to ask: what pos­i­tive changes should be kept in the long term, and what prob­lems might need to be solved due to new ways of working?

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