The only people who love expensive lunches more than lawyers are, you got it, journalists. But one faithful Diary hack got more than he bargained for recently when a partner, who shall remain nameless, tried to set your faithful correspondent up on a date… with his children’s nanny!

It wasn’t enough for him to make the proposal and then leave it there. As soon as he had mooted the idea, the legal cupid immediately called the nanny on her mobile and launched into a matchmaking speech.