You know, IT is never boring. Take the current legal marketplace. It’s about as buoyant as Robbie Coltrane strapped to a concrete-filled Range Rover and catapulted into the English Channel. You’d think that in a depressed market, we’d just batten down the hatches and wait for the storm to pass.

But not us. It’s just not our style. Our IT partner, Bob, thinks that while other firms are filled with angst about the state of the market, it’s our opportunity to go for the jugular and win clients, simply by looking a lot less miserable than your average partner these days. If there is ever a good time to have an insane sociopath with bags of influence-winning charisma on your side, it’s, erm, now.