ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rupert Kendrick is a non-practising solicitor and, for many years, was a partner in a medium-sized law firm. For the past ten years, he has pursued a career in legal publishing, as an author, editor and columnist, also offering consultancy services, as director of a risk management consultancy, Web4Law Ltd, principally on IT issues. He studied the implications of the Internet for law firm marketing strategies as part of a Masters programme in 1998 and his book Managing Cyber-Risks, which he is currently researching for a second edition, was published in 2002. He is a member of the Law Society's Technology and Legal Reference Group. He has written, trained and consulted widely in the legal profession on legal and IT issues. 8