Being a lawyer is not all about sitting at a desk, as this fearsome bunch from Blakemores in Birmingham and Leamington Spa will attest. Sometimes it is also about walking through minefields, fighting with guns, spending the night in a homemade shelter, and – from the look of it – allowing a two-year-old to apply paint to your face. In the dark.

This gruelling test of military strength raised nearly £1,000 for the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association, which is the firm’s nominated charity this year. Just to give even more firepower to the donation, it is generously being matched by managing partner Guy Barnett, himself a former sergeant major in the Reserve Forces. Obiter salutes you, Blakemores. Can you put the guns down now please?