Each and every day, when we step out of the front door, we take risks. Perhaps we are aware of them, and perhaps, we are not. If you read the newspaper, you are no doubt acutely aware of the risks that surround us in an increasingly precarious world.

As divorce lawyers, one of the risks we take hour by hour, minute by minute, involves the exchange of emails, whether with clients or our opposing counsel. It is essential that we monitor with exacting precision what we put in writing in the form of emails. That includes not only proofreading the text of our emails, but also the minutiae of triple-checking who is listed in the "To," "Cc," and "Bcc" fields, and what is written in the "Subject" field.