Top law firm in the world, we can exclusively reveal, is Suffolk firm Ashton Graham.

Or at least it quite literally was for the short time employment partner Matthew Potter recently spent on Uhuru Peak atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania - the largest free-standing mountain in the world - having dutifully lugged this flag up there with him.

Mr Potter was in a team that struggled to the summit, which stands 5,895 metres above sea level, in the face of altitude sickness, sheer exhaustion, freezing conditions (he had to be careful that his eye lashes didn't freeze), hunger and thirst (both the Mars bar and water he had taken with him did freeze), but also blinding sun at the summit requiring a high-factor sun block.

Unsurprisingly, only half of the 42-strong group actually made it to the peak.

It took Mr Potter five hours to ascend and he tells us: 'The sense of achievement and elation at having reached the summit cannot be put into words save to quote Charles Dickens - "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times".' He also raised more than 3,000 for a charity called Whizz-kidz, which provides assistance to disabled children with mobility problems.