Unhappy Mondays

A letter, every Monday, to a lawyer who is good and wants to be better.

Nothing is sold in it. No service is named. It goes out on Monday morning.

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The letters

• The Tribunal Agreed31 August 2026

Earlier letters

Twenty nine letters written between November 2025 and July 2026. They were written before the practice took its current position, and they are kept here because the thinking in them holds.

• Saying Fine When You Meant No27 July 2026
• The Confidant You Don't Have20 July 2026
• Who Owns the Decision6 July 2026
• The Number in Your Head29 June 2026
• The Client You Should Have Sacked15 June 2026
• What You've Seen & Haven't Said8 June 2026
• Always Available1 June 2026
• The Decision You Keep Circling24 May 2026
• Nobody Disagrees With You Anymore11 May 2026
• The Sunday That Has Weight In It26 April 2026
• The Override19 April 2026
• The Dual Authority6 April 2026
• The Expense War30 March 2026
• The Password Coup23 March 2026
• The Ageing Ownership Structure17 March 2026
• The Veto Machine9 March 2026
• The Trusted Bookkeeper3 March 2026
• The Key Person Trap23 February 2026
• The Partnership Diagnostic10 February 2026
• The Favourite Client Override9 February 2026
• The Side-Meeting Majority3 February 2026
• The Personal Divorce, Business Fallout27 January 2026
• The Shadow Business26 January 2026
• The Reactor in the Room6 January 2026
• The Unfunded Promise22 December 2025
• The Missing Map9 December 2025
• The Email War8 December 2025
• The Silent Partner2 December 2025
• The Unspoken Exit5 November 2025