Legal walk is a massive success
Lord Judge, the Lord Chief Justice, delighted students acting as stewards along this year’s London Legal Walk route by gleefully high-fiving them as he walked past.
He was accompanied by a roll call of legal luminaries, including the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Master of the Rolls, Director of Public Prosecutions, and two justices of the Supreme Court.
A record 6,000 people took part in the 10km charity walk, held this week in aid of legal advice agencies. It has already raised more than £500,000, with money still pouring in, according to its organisers, the London Legal Support Trust.
There were walkers from all fields of law—government departments, the courts and tribunals, law firms, City firms, chambers, legal publishing houses and corporate legal departments.
Lord Leveson relaxed from the trials and tribulations of investigating phone-hacking by stepping out with a large team from the Leveson Inquiry.
Bob Nightingale, organiser of the walk, says: “It’s not the first time Lord Leveson has walked but it’s the first time he’s walked and been famous and had an entire inquiry team with him.”
The London Legal Support Trust will hold a grant application round in July to distribute the funds raised.
