’I feel a little over-dressed,’ the lady chief justice said this morning as she sounded the off in the Bar-v-Bench race’s inaugural stand-alone event. Despite its title, the 6 kilometre race (plus at least a 4k warmup) featured teams of solicitors, legal executives, regulators and other members of the legal profession. Mark Evans, Law Society president led the solicitors' team in his trade mark red shorts. 

The run is in support of the London Legal Support Trust (the organisation behind the London Legal Walk), which raises vital funds for free legal advice charities in London and the South East. By 9am this morning the event had raised £25,400. 

Congratulating the starters, Lady Carr confessed to being not much of a runner: 'But if there's a rowing event next year, count me in.'

The result?  The three fastest teams, calculated by taking the average of the five fastest runners for each, including at least two women, were: 

First, the bar team, with a time of 24.52; second solicitors (24.59) and third Judicial Office and HMCTS (26.6). The fastest male runner was James Evans (Judicial Office and HMCTS); fastest female was Beatrice Munro (bar).

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