New leaf: magic circle firm Allen & Overy may just have had its wrists firmly slapped by Mr Justice Floyd over the 'staggering' £5.2 million costs it charged client Research in Motion in a recent patent case (which, to be fair, it won). But that doesn't mean the firm is worried about being seen to throw cash around. At a party held for the press to meet the firm's new senior partner David Morley and managing partner Wim Dejonghe last week, not only were journalists very generously offered a taxi to take them to the firm's office, but the next day they also received a rather lovely potted plant to say thank you for attending. Let's hope those fee-paying clients get one as well.