Further proof that lawyers have little or nothing to do as a cataclysmic economic meltdown fast approaches (yeah, right), comes with the latest annual Great City Run (pictured, from last year), sponsored by Standard Chartered, which this year takes place on 17 July.

Entry numbers non-exclusively seen by The Diary make interesting reading (if you’re of a statistical bent), with lawyers comprising a whopping 36.1% of starters. That’s more than a third of all those taking part, according to your correspondent’s rusty abacus.