Law firm managers looking for ways of keeping their associates from leaving the profession – other than bolting the door and covering the office in a Chernobyl-style concrete sarcophagus – should look no further than their humble tea lady.

For many years, Channel Islands royalty Bedell Cristin employed a legendary queen of the cuppa named Audrey, who delivered scores of steaming brews every day to the stressed out funds-junkies of St Helier.