Finally, breaking news from Leicester stalwart Harvey Ingram, which Diary readers – and anyone in tune with the vibrant Midlands legal scene – will know has been making some serious ground on the big dogs in the City of late.

Earlier this month, the firm stunned regional rivals with the dramatic recruitment of four new trainees – before stunning Legal Week hacks with an in-depth press release on the subject only marginally shorter than the unabridged edition of War and Peace.