Just when you thought the QC application process had finally been sorted (or maybe you knew better all along), it turns out the lucky winners have yet more hoops to hop through before they can ratchet up those hourly rates.

Successful applicants will still get to dress up for their official ceremony in March – but instead of then proceeding to see the judges that gave them references they will have to wait… because the courts are not sitting on the day of the ceremony.