Lawyer to the stars Nick ‘Mr Loophole’ Freeman has signed up with showbiz agents Chase Management. He joins an array of glittering talent, including a former Wonderbra model, a TV game show hostess and a finalist in TV show Pop Idol.

Freeman, whose fast-lane clients have included David Beckham, said: ‘This is a natural step as a consequence of the high-profile clients I’m constantly being requested to defend.’

He is pictured above, outside the Old Bailey, with Chase Management clients Jilly Johnson, the Sun’s first page three girl (left), and a former Big Brother housemate, Helen Adams.