It was Kylie’s appearance on Jools Holland’s annual Hootenanny that signalled my departure to undertake that other significant new year ritual — the annual ring-round to test the 24/7 credentials of our legal community.

This year the numbers came up not for lawyers, but for the PR firms that work for them. The first result was not encouraging. It was a big name and I expected an instant response. But after 20 br-rings I gave up. No breaking story there then.


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