Obiter has yet another candidate for the 'Hold the front page' competition for trivia in press releases about appointments. Previous winners include the solicitor who kept tropical fish and had to miss her start date because of appendicitis. Her colleague also told us that he was pleased to get the job because he cycles and the secure cycle shed was 'a big plus'. Then there was a lawyer who went to the same Essex school as World Cup winner Geoff Hurst, but decades later. We'll spare the blushes of the latest entrant by keeping her identity a secret but it again demonstrates people's obsession with education. We are told that she 'was one of the first girls to attend Austin Friars school'. Even though she's now 36, who are we to say that the instructions won't flood in as a result?