ABSTRACT
When the professional advisers first descended on the legal world, it was fashionable to decry corporate hospitality (or corporate entertainment) as outdated, irrelevant, expensive and redundant.
This was (a) absurd and (b) foolish. Lawyers like to entertain and be entertained. Even if unjustifiable as promotional activity (though this is not the case), attending the races, the opera or a good restaurant are important perks of the job. No lawyer is going to listen to a jumped up marketeer pour scorn on activities which both please and build relationships.
