Remember when PwC paid for and appointed Dr Ziggy Switkowski to write a report in the midst of the Peter-John Collins-initiated global tax scandal? They creatively called it “independent”.

This week, in a move drawn from the same well-worn playbook, the law firm that PwC appointed and paid for to assess its implementation of those reforms has also delivered a report. Unsurprisingly, this report is also branded as “independent”.