To kick off the New Year, we are once again joined once again by Simon Slater, former CEO and non-executive board member of Cripps LLP, as well as Board Adviser at Byfield, with his forecasts for 2023. We predict the hot topics for the year ahead, including why firms might have to call curtains on NQ pay rises, the dawn of data as a key management challenge, and why we should be cautiously optimistic about the legal market's fortunes in 2023. We also ask if, with mounting public and regulatory pressure, if this will be a crunch year for ESG commitments - with firm's expected to practice what they preach.