The Diary’s weekly award for services to law firm PR this week goes to the hapless comms guru at one large-ish Midlands outfit, who (presumably) thought he was emailing his managing partner in relation to an enquiry about redundancy rumours circling the firm. In fact, he replied direct to the LW newshound.

“This [enquiry] arrived during my hols,” he explained to his ‘boss’. “Gloria did not acknowledge it. Do you want to do anything or shall we continue to ignore it?”