No more hassall

Surely the most entertainingly named law firm in the country, Leamington Spa firm Wright Hassall, recently introduced its lawyers to the benefits of an Indian head massage, and provoked some feelings among the three trainees used as guinea pigs that you do not often hear in law firms.

Katherine Piskowyj (pictured) told Obiter: 'I felt totally relaxed.

She found muscles I didn't know I had.' Debbie Slater confessed to having been on cloud nine, while Stuart Long confided: 'Never before have I had such a deep and penetrating massage in front of 28 women - and two men.

It was really, really good.

I left in a heightened state of relaxation that was almost euphoric.' But we are able to report that he then remembered he was a trainee solicitor, and the feeling evaporated.