I chose to call myself Wilks when I started blogging, probably with the idea that it would afford a measure of anonymity and, for much the same reason, I avoided having any photograph. Times change.
A partner in a leading South West law practice, I specialise in corporate transactional work. I also hold a number of South West non-executive directorships and trusteeships, and, through them, am involved in the wider business community in the region. I have also both taught and thought about legal ethics and professional conduct, and their relationship with the real world of day-to-day legal practice for some years, hence this blog; and continue to be invited to speak at seminars and workshops on risk and risk management, professional conduct and conflicts of interest, entrepreneurship and enterprise.
For the past 13 years, Caroline and I have lived on the north-east edge of Dartmoor, which we can see from the top floor of the house, but on which we never seem to spend enough time. As well as home, this is the part of England I love most. I started blogging with Dartmoor Letters, on which I still post: a record of the places we have walked, the birds we have seen and the countryside of which we never tire; and later began Enough Said: George Wilkinson’s blog.
After that came Lawslot, but, as explained in my first post, I closed this blog in 2008, amalgamating it with Enough Said. Rethinking my blogging activities in late 2009, I decided to bring Lawslot back to life, as Lawslot Redux, concentrating on the interface of legal ethics, professional conduct and contemporary legal practice.
