The final Council meeting of 2020 took place on 9 December. Nothing could have prepared us for the events of this year, and yet Law Society CEO Paul Tennant was able to report to Council much success – amid the terrible challenges of Covid-19 not to mention the Chancery Lane fire. Fortunately, everyone escaped the latter safely, and the most architecturally important parts of the building were untouched – even if the Gazette’s offices were among those that went up in flames.