I didn’t grow up with law in my life. I come from a non-professional background and my parents didn’t go to university. When it came to choosing what to study at university, I was passionate about history, but my dad told me a history degree would limit me to teaching. Young and naïve, I took his word and explored other options.
At the time, I was obsessed with Rumpole of the Bailey, which was about a criminal barrister doing incredible cases, and at the end of the day, he’d head down Fleet Street and get drunk. I thought, ‘What part of that doesn’t look like a great career?!’
