Lawyers with special talents, part 54. We have come across lawyers with unusual skills but Ian Shuttleworth, a property law consultant at Yorkshire firm Gordons, surely wins hands down.

Obiter has discovered that Mr Shuttleworth is a legend for his spoon-playing skills. Stars he has lined up with in music halls - under the stage name of the 'Amazing Little Shutt' - include Bernie Clifton (of ostrich fame) and Jimmy Cricket. He has also appeared in the Leeds City Varieties show, and was the warm-up act for the late jazz singer Marian Montgomery. Mr Shuttleworth told Obiter that he still occasionally gets the spoons out as part of his professional after-dinner speaking or for charity bashes, and has even been the subject of a 20-minute interview on local radio.