Thanks to our friends at Pinsent Masons for sending us a preview of the firm’s stylish new Manchester premises in the city’s Spinningfields development. Apparently the property fit-out specialist Overbury has started work on the décor, ready for a June move-in. The aim is ‘a visually striking, welcoming and user-friendly environment’.

From his gaslit Victorian attic overlooking the Royal Courts of Justice, Obiter feels a pang of envy.