As a keen fan of the original show, The Diary joined the rest of the legal profession in mourning when the long-awaited This Life reunion special turned out more limp than a one-legged lemur, making Judge John Deed seem like Judge Dredd by comparison.

Just as troubling is intelligence reaching The Diary that the former Stephens Innocent crew are putting about the rumour that the legacy firm was the ‘inspiration’ for the law/drugs/shagging motif that made the show famous.