Last Friday night’s Bar Dinner was a real success. My sincere thanks go to Dr Stephen Donaghue KC for delivering an extremely well-constructed, thoughtful, and very funny keynote speech, and Emmerson Dodge for providing our live entertainment at the end of the night. Members should know that our Bar Office staff put in a huge effort to ensure the evening went smoothly. I would like to make special mention of Stephen Porter, Matt Reddin and Miranda Tulloch. And, as she always does, Amanda Utt put in a power of work to pull it all together. Planning for next year’s event is already underway. At our next Bar Council meeting later in the month, we will discuss whether to change the day of the dinner, perhaps to a Saturday. If you have any views about that, please let me or one of the other Bar Councillors know.