We all like to bring a little sunshine into the lives of our colleagues – whether it is putting a little extra love in the boss’s orange mocha frappuccino one morning or delivering high quality legal advice with a smile on one’s face.

One such ray of light for jaded solicitors is provided by a certain, exceptionally talented junior barrister, as your Diarist discovered when chatting with the secretary of one City litigation partner. The partner had recently recommended said barrister for Legal Week’s latest look at the Bar’s leading lights.