International firm Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has wrestled back its unwanted gong for ill-starred scheduling.

It’s a long story. Way back in 2008, Lovells (as it then was) unwittingly timed its press party for the night Man Utd beat Chelsea in footie’s all-England Champions League final. A phone call from the editor to ask if the upwardly mobile firm was laying on a telly or two triggered panic among the blissfully unaware events team. A mercy dash to Currys ensued and the revels were saved.

Fast forward a decade and the gong passed to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking. The group launched a dispute resolution report in parliament at 7pm on Wednesday 11 July 2018 – the precise moment young Harry Kane was kicking off a World Cup semi-final between England and Croatia. More tellys were procured. All was not lost (only the game).

Not this time. Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, as it now is, admitted defeat this week after England won through to a World Cup semi that would have coincided with this year’s iteration of its bibulous press party.

Match postponed. Thirsty journalists have been told to come back in October when the nation has cooled down a bit (Hogans also blamed dodgy air conditioning for the rearranged fixture.)

 

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