Mimi Monica Wong, head of private banking in Asia for HSBC, is evidently a woman of determination if not rhythm. She is suing her Latin dance instructor for nearly $8m (€6.2m) in fees after he allegedly called her a "lazy cow" and told her to "move her arse".

Wong had paid Gaynor Fairweather, a British Latin dancing champion and her Italian husband Mirko Saccani $15m for eight years of unlimited dance lessons, but the relationship broke down when Saccani allegedly insulted her during a lesson in 2004, reports the South China Morning Post.