Has legal legend Ronnie Fox finally unveiled the secret of his success as a top partnership law and employment lawyer? Talk about shock tactics.

Sadly, Obiter cannot reveal that Ronnie – who runs Fox Lawyers in London – attends meetings with the opposition in a Sherman tank. Instead, motoring-mad Fox, who is also a member of Dorset’s Tank Museum Appeal Board, got the chance to test drive a Sherman earlier in the year.

‘The feeling of power when you put your foot down is amazing,’ says Ronnie, ‘It has two seven-litre engines – it soared away. It’s incredibly noisy – which is OK in leisure conditions, but the people who drive these in battle are real heroes. It gets very hot and you cannot see properly.’

However, Ronnie reports some mild disappointment with what was otherwise a perfectly surreal test drive. ‘They wouldn’t let me fire the gun,’ he tells Obiter.

Can you top that in the bizarre test-drive stakes? Let Obiter know. To find out more about the museum’s appeal fund please go to www.tankmuseum.co.uk.