guest speaker william hague (far left) looks on at the private client legal forumEver the party animal, The Diary was sure to make an appearance at Villa d’Este on Lake Como earlier this month for Legal Week‘s Private Client Legal Forum, to sink a few Martinis and generally rub shoulder pads with the international jetset.

While it would be fair to say that a good time was indeed had by all, fortunately there was no repeat of the incident last year when a private client lawyer took a Rolls-Royce for a road test – before returning the car in less-than-showroom condition after a close encounter with one of those famous Italian bends.