With less on his plate, Kenneth Hayne grabs a bowl of noodles

Financial services royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne QC, AC. You’ll have to imagine the black t-shirt. Picture: Supplied.

Wearing a black T-shirt, man of the moment Kenneth Hayne looked a picture of summer relaxation.

Hayne and his high powered wife Michelle Gordon were out on Monday night for dinner at Melbourne’s pho capital, Victoria Street in Richmond, which is an easy stroll from the legal power couple’s residence in East Melbourne.

It’s been a good few days for Gordon, who in 2015 made Australian legal history by replacing her husband when he retired from the High Court. (How’s that for a formidable marital tag-team?)

Last weekend, Gordon, 54, was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) — an award her hubbie received seventeen years earlier.

This week is all about Hayne. On Friday the 73-year-old will deliver his financial services royal commission report to Governor-general Sir Peter Cosgrove, who will then handball the contentious document to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and their brains trust.

The Treasurer revealed on Tuesday that Hayne’s words of wisdom will be released to the rest of us on Monday at 4:10pm, after the ASX closes.

Justice Michelle Gordon (right) during her swearing-in ceremony at the High Court of Australia in Canberra in 2015. Picture: AAP

Uncertainty over the summer about both the release date and the spicy recommendations inside have been causing no end of indigestion across the banking sector.

But none of that appears to be troubling Hayne.

Margin Call’s spies tell us the noodle-loving Hayne looked as relaxed as his banking foes are perturbed on his Monday date night.

And why shouldn’t he be?

A final proofread, a trip to the printers and his industry-up-ending, market-moving work is done.

The local banking scene will never be the same.