It is not clear whether the economic recovery from the last few extraordinary months is going to be V-shaped or U-shaped, but one thing is not in doubt – there will be much work for the legal community.

In May, the Financial Times reported ‘the coming deluge of pandemic litigation’ and some commentators have described virus-specific litigation as ‘the new asbestos’. Many sectors will be in disarray operationally and financially. Defaults, fraud, and other sources of investigative work are likely to increase markedly.