Who says German lawyers don't inject an element of fun into the law? Certainly not the old Taylor Joynson Garrett partnership,which has apparently learned the joys of laughter from those wacky scamps at Wessing.

At least according to Taylor Wessing head Michael Frawley, who told The Diary it wasn't until the TJG posse got together with its German and French arms that the firm revised the official core vales.

"We had excellence, service and teamwork. But now on top of those we have enjoyment – something we didn't have before getting together with our German and French colleagues, who really like to have a good time and have made that an important value for us too."