Minutes after posting the entry below lo and behold the phone goes. It’s a client with a Peer Review request. Not the full scheme but part of the “research project”.

This involves a sample of private law children act matters only, and not a stratified sample. Disturbingly there are a high (and disproportionate) number of "client fails to provide further instructions" endings.

On the plus side the outcome will not affect contract or SQM status. A "below competent" outcome will however trigger Peer Review proper - within the next 6 months.

Fingers crossed for a better result than that.