A record 12,000 walkers took part in the 13th annual London Legal Walk, up from the 10,500 walkers last year. Solicitors, barristers, legal executives and students (and LAG staff members) were among the 700 teams to complete the 10km walk (this year, participants could choose one of two routes) and raise money for the London Legal Support Trust (LLST), which provides funding to law centres and legal advice agencies in London and the South East. The LLST expects to raise £800,000, up from the £740,000 raised last year.

Judges from all courts took part, led by Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas, President of the Supreme Court Lord Neuberger and Master of the Rolls Sir Terence Etherton. They were accompanied by Bar Council chair Andrew Langdon QC, Law Society president Robert Bourns, Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders and Recorder of London Nicholas Hilliard QC.

Celebrity barrister Robert Rinder, host of ITV daytime show Judge Rinder, also took part, alongside Conservative MP for Beaconsfield and former Attorney-General Dominic Grieve QC and Labour MP for Westminster North and former chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Legal Aid Karen Buck.

Vicky Ling, LLST interim chief executive, said: ‘We are delighted that the legal profession has again risen to the challenge and turned out in even greater numbers than before. Free legal advice services change people’s lives, providing them with expert help to reduce debt, poverty and homelessness, and combat discrimination and injustice. LLST work with the charities we fund to ensure every pound raised goes as far as it possibly can.’

LAG would like to thank all those who sponsored our team on the walk.