Over the years, Obiter has witnessed lawyers becoming more and more ambitious, and frankly over the top, in their charity fundraising pursuits. Indeed, there's barely a square foot of the globe that hasn't had a legal imprint at some time. This is not to decry those noble efforts to cross the Sahara with a single bottle of Evian, or climb Everest in a T-shirt, but it is with a warm nostalgic glow prompted by memories of school days that Obiter applauds some, well, decidedly normal and less expensive challenges. First, we have Kent-based Thomson Snell & Passmore whose staff swam the equivalent distance of the English Channel at the Tunbridge Wells sports and indoor tennis centre, which must have been just a little easier than the Channel itself. The firm raised £20,000 for brain injury charities Headway Tunbridge Wells and the National Child Brain Injury Trust. Meanwhile, 58 of the 85 staff at Liverpool firm Forster Dean (picture) undertook a sponsored walk, trekking the 16 miles along the coast from Seacombe to Thurstaston to raise a substantial sum for the Sea Cadets.