Inclined to challenge on Inca trail

While some solicitors may experience life's highs and lows from behind the security of their desks, Fraser McColl (above) of London firm Maxwell Batley and Dharmesh Tanna of Birmingham-based Griffiths & Co seem more inclined to look for challenges.

Having signed up for the Barnardo's Kith & Kids appeal earlier this year, they reached heights of up to 4,200 metres on their way along Peru's Inca trail.

According to Obiter's sources, Mr Tanna used the age-old Inca cure of chewing coca leaves and drinking coca tea to overcome altitude sickness and fatigue.