bob gets caught in a freak blizzard on his way to cannesWhile lawyers aplenty were herding at London airports like pigeons in Trafalgar Square, preparing for the latest instalment of the MIPIM rollercoaster, one property lawyer was taking a more circuitous route.

Bob Smyth, senior partner of Burges Salmon, set off the day before the start of the piss-up – sorry, gathering – donning leathers and helmet for what he thought would be a civilised journey down to the French Riviera.