Nobody could argue that lawyers are the most creative sorts. And even when they try, it doesn’t always work out - Obiter well remembers the poem, accompanied by footnotes, sent in by one solicitor. But admirably that does not stop them, and associating with the arts has become a popular way to show that the profession has a more aesthetic side.

Here we have two fine examples. Above, David Edwards, managing partner of Brighton firm Burt Brill & Cardens, is pictured behind the scenes at the annual graduate show at Brighton University’s faculty of arts and architecture, which the firm has sponsored for some nine years now. Meanwhile, Welsh firm Leo Abse & Cohen is looking to use art as a way to encourage its lawyers to be creative. It has teamed up with 23-year-old Dan Llywelyn Hall from Barry, who was given the title of The Sunday Times Young Artist of the Year in 2003, to exhibit eight of his pieces in its Cardiff office, ‘as part of a new project by the firm to encourage creative thinking in the workplace’. Marketing director Robert Lloyd Griffiths, pictured here (below) taking delivery of the latest pieces from Mr Llywelyn Hall, explains: ‘We hope that this striking collection, which will be displayed in our reception and board rooms, will encourage creative thinking and innovative problem-solving, as well as making our offices look great.’