Our occasional series of 'I was snapped with a politician' takes on an international flavour this week thanks to City firm Richards Butler, which persuaded The Honourable Perry G Christie, prime minister of the Bahamas, to open the firm's new reception and conference suite last week.

They didn't even have to fly him in specially for the event, as he was in London briefly on his way to the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Abuja, Nigeria.

He found time first for Tony Blair and then for Richards Butler chairman Andrew Taylor (right), and it probably helped that Mr Christie is a client of the firm, which recently won a libel case on his behalf.

[This article refers to images that appear in the printed edition [2003] Gazette, 11 December, 9]