Legal Charities Garden Party

And for the Legal Charities Garden Party the weather called a brief truce in its apocalyptic assault on the legal community’s favourite lawns, allowing a record number of lawyers to turn out to support six legal charities - SBA The Solicitors Charity, the Barristers Benevolent Association, the Institute of Barristers Clerks Benevolent Fund, the United Law Clerks Society, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives Benevolent Fund and LawCare.

Last night for a few hours on Lincoln’s Inn north lawn, as jazz and steel bands played, guests could discuss death with Gazette columnist Joshua Rozenberg, chat to Clive Anderson about lawyers in adverts, ask the senior partner of Edwin Coe how he broke his leg, hear about the charities’ latest plans - or just catch up with old friends.

The Legal Charities Garden Party was founded by the City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society in 1968 to fundraise for lawyers in need and their dependents. All proceeds go to six charities. The sponsors were Global BPO and Temple Legal, and the garden party was promoted by Melissa Davis of MD Communications.