I was one of those children who spent a lot of time arguing with parents and siblings over the dinner table. They must have thought I was a natural advocate, even if I didn’t. I fell into law, frankly; I studied history at university.
My grandfather was a senior judge in Scotland. His advice to me was ‘Don’t practise law in Scotland, it’s a small pool in which to be a lawyer.’ He was a really impressive guy. I thought about being a journalist or something different, but at the end of my degree I sort of slipped into law rather than making a focused decision.
