It is comforting to see that even Her Majesty's Queen's Counsel can fall victim to the foibles of the masses. Spotted in a Holborn eatery in London one lunchtime between Christmas and New Year was a renowned Gray's Inn silk discussing important matters of law with a younger fellow chamber's tenant. This eminent specialist in his field - normally kitted out in traditional pinstripes - was on this day knitted out in the Christmas jumper from hell. It was a shocking brown and cream number incorporating a large selection of reindeer, and a worthy match for the one worn by Colin Firth as a boring human rights lawyer in Bridget Jones's Diary. This woolly effort topped off a pair of bright red trousers with - wait for it - white socks. In the new world of openness and transparency in the QC selection and retention system, can and should fashion crimes be indictable offences?