All White on the night

Just when all the gloom meisters were forecasting, well, doom, US giant White & Case last week spearheaded a morale-boosting opening to the Christmas party season with a big bash at trendy club Fabric.

Highlights on the dance floor included a Britney Spears impersonator, and a circle of lawyers following through a salsa class.

'That's it, I'm joining the Taliban,' one cynical bystander was heard to say.

Beautiful people served drinks and mingled with the crowd.

They were not White & Case's insolvency department, but a group of paid entertainers.

They performed well, and Obiter won't be joining the Taliban just yet.