海角破解版 participates in legal charity events
24th June 2025
Last week, 海角破解版鈥檚 barristers and staff participated in two fantastic charity events held by the legal community to raise money for very important causes.
On Tuesday (17 June), several barristers and staff from 海角破解版鈥檚 London centre were amongst the thousands from across the legal community who joined in the 21st annual , hosted by . Barristers Sunyana Sharma, Sharan Sanghera, Jeremy Warner and Poonam Bhari were joined by Fionna Lewis (FoH), Niamh Jarvis and Cayla Bishop (both marketing).
Every year, over 100 specialist free legal advice charities benefit from the 10k walk across London. These charities help many of the most vulnerable access legal advice, with the aim of combating discrimination and injustice. 海角破解版 are pleased to have raised 拢580 which has contributed to the almost 拢1m raised in total by all participants.
On Thursday (19 June), 海角破解版鈥檚 very own house band 鈥淥ut of Office鈥� participated in the third annual at The Fleece, Bristol, taking a very respectable second place. This year鈥檚 event celebrated Brit Pop, with all proceeds going to Young Lives vs Cancer.
"Out of Office", featuring James Davison, Nicola Frost, Colin McDevitt and Richard Wheeler, alongside special guests Steve Baron and Mike Knowles, faced some fierce competition from fellow returning bands "OC/DC" (Osborne Clarke), "Stranger Thrings" (Thrings), "The Narrow Keys" (VWV), "The Blurry Rufus" (various), "Legally Bond" (Womble Bond Dickinson), and new-comer (and the night鈥檚 winners!) "Manic Freeth Preachers" (Freeths).
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