Further developments in the 'Skills they never thought they would need' department. Several months ago we reported on Law Society chief executive Janet Paraskeva's hitherto undisclosed abilities in the martial arts, as she wrestled with Fathers 4 Justice campaigners hell bent on handcuffing themselves to a minister of the Crown. Now it emerges that an innate sense of rhythm is crucial to the role of Law Society President. The incumbent, Bolton boy Edward Nally, has recently been forced very publicly to shake a leg the old-fashioned way. The first instance came at the annual Young Solicitors Group ball in London several weeks ago. The ball was themed on the 1920s, and the ever-game Mr Nally was one of the first on the dance floor receiving enthusiastic guidance from a special instructor in the Charleston. Just as he was recovering his breath, last week it was off to the yearly bash for European bar presidents in Vienna. The Viennese take everything seriously, and nothing more so than waltzing all night long, and Mr Nally reports that his feet are still in bath salts. Rumours are circulating that a leap to the modern could be on the cards for this year's Law Society conference, with Mr Nally's successor, Kevin Martin, already polishing up his hard house grooves.