Lawyers from media firm Olswang have proved they are far from a bunch of arty luvvies by being the first team from the legal industry to finish this year's Trailwalker UK test. The challenge, in aid of the Gurkha Welfare Trust and Oxfam, saw 305 teams of four - who must stick together throughout - attempt a 100 kilometre walk across the South Downs in Sussex. Olswang's team - comprising Robert Harvey, Martin Davies, Cameron Lawes and Thomas Beezer - finished in 17 hours and 27 minutes, some four hours ahead of their nearest legal challengers, 39 Essex Street. Lawyers also left trailing in their wake were Allen & Overy, Blackstone Chambers, Crown Prosecution Service, Linklaters, Nabarro Nathanson and Stevens & Bolton.
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