Regrettably, albeit exclusively, it falls upon The Diary to reveal that the most famous moustache in UK law – the luxurious soup-strainer of Wragge & Co senior partner Quentin Poole – has been consigned to the great barber shop in the sky, alongside the facial hair of other testosterone-charged icons such as Magnum PI and Yosemite Sam.

Whether his managerial potency will now dissipate, Samson-style, remains to be seen.