Why a ‘real move away from BigLaw’ could occur By Jerome Doraisamy|08 February 2021 The age of coronavirus saw movement away from the top end of town in personal injury law, Bree Knoester says, and the same trend could occur in other practice areas, too. Among the myriad professional lessons from 2020, former barrister and managing partner Bree Knoester (pictured) mused, was that clients crave personal connection. What she discovered during the pandemic, she noted, is that “if you were committed to creating personal connections with clients – even though you were doing it by Zoom – and you could communicate legal concepts and give advice [in the right fashion], then you would have been as busy as ever”.