How quantifiable is happiness? It’s a question many law firm leaders may be struggling with as they seek to improve the humour of their ranks, amid feelings that a summer of discontent may be settling on the U.K. 

The ‘post-pandemic’ glow appears to have worn off, as we’re all now used to meeting in person sometimes now and the frisson of a face-to-face lunch isn’t quite what it once was. Meanwhile the train strikes have done nothing to improve the City’s spirits – though perhaps some lawyers will have been secretly glad to be able to find a legitimate excuse to avoid the office this week.