The Law Society council is off on its travels, but members don’t need to worry about anti-malarials yet. As ardent Obiter readers will remember, back in February the council decided that it should become more geographically adventurous in its choice of meeting venues. This month, the topic came up for a decision: would it be Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Liverpool … or even abroad? A paper presented to council mentioned Brussels, where the Society has an office. However with a weak pound, and in the current economic climate, members decided this would be a non-starter. ‘Not Brussels, it’s too expensive,’ Philip Hamer, treasurer, told the chamber.

However that doesn’t mean the council is stuck in England. As the Society is the Law Society of England and Wales, it was agreed that Cardiff, the city famous for Brains bitter, as the birthplace of Roald Dahl, and home to the only football club ever to take the FA Cup out of England, deserved the privilege of hosting council meetings. Not too often, though – just once every three years.