The Diary recently revealed how Linklaters partners divvy up their womenfolk into handy categories, depending on whether they are in it for the cash, the glamour or even – heaven forbid – because they genuinely love their husbands.

According to one Linklaters partner, however, so easily does romance blossom in the plush corridors of One Silk Street that efforts to boost the firm’s ranks of female partners are starting to suffer.