If you noticed an extra spring in the step of partners at CMS Cameron McKenna last week, it could be because the firm has just trebled its partner profits (or something) purely by banging on about the whole ‘CMS integration’ thing until clients pay them to shut up.

However, there is another possible explanation. For a while now the resident Camerons culture-vultures have sponsored the English National Ballet, enabling malnourished women and burly-yet-effeminate men to achieve their dream of permanently crippling their bodies while wearing pastel tights.