While Linklaters recently became the first top City firm to appear in that Best Companies to Work For list, it is surely only a matter of time until Freshfields Funhouse Deringer finds itself climbing the rankings too.

With its impressively wide-ranging corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme, the Fleet Street frat-house has upped its cuddliness count considerably of late. However, the current CSR report reveals that the firm remains slightly accident-prone, not unlike its rather unfortunate press team, which suffered a string of awkward moments to explain away last year.