Disputes perspectives: Sue Millar
I was always naturally argumentative. But I didn’t have any role model at all, nobody that I knew was involved…
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Disputes perspectives: Bankim Thanki QC
My father had been a lawyer in India and East Africa but wasn’t keen on me becoming a lawyer. It’s…
Disputes perspectives: Susan Dunn
I come from a family of engineers. I have not a single engineering bone in my body, to my father’s…
Disputes perspectives: Rob Fell
I was one of those children who spent a lot of time arguing with parents and siblings over the dinner…
Life During Law: Linda Woolley
My mum got me my first job at Essex County Council in PR. The first exam I ever failed was…
Herbert Smith Freehills: Between two peaks
London. A bitingly cold day at the end of January and Legal Business ventures out on a novel expedition to…
Life During Law: Tihir Sarkar
I grew up in the Midlands in the ̒80s. It was hard hit by the recession. My dad lost his…
The management interview – James Palmer
Legal Business: What has the pandemic taught you about leadership? James Palmer: Everything teaches me. The last 15 months or…
Life During Law: Natasha Harrison
My maths teacher was married to a criminal barrister, so I did a mini-pupillage at his set. Loved it but…
Disputes perspectives: Claire Shaw
I was an incredibly good girl and my mother was incredibly opinionated: I basically did whatever she told me to…
Disputes perspectives: Gaby Dosanjh-Pahil
I’ve always wanted to be a barrister, since before I can remember. There was no particular event or anything, I…
Disputes perspectives: Tony Singla QC
I’m the youngest of three children. My brother and sister both read law at university, and have become lawyers themselves.…
Disputes perspectives: Tracey Dovaston
I’d like to say becoming a lawyer was a very well-thought-out decision in my teenage years, but it wasn’t. I…
Disputes perspectives: Craig Pollack
I was supposed to study economics and realised I was not a very good economist. Then I went to study…
Disputes perspectives: Geraldine Elliott
I wanted a professional career. My father was a doctor but very keen I didn’t do medicine. I had a…
Disputes perspectives: Paula Hodges QC
Becoming a lawyer was suggested to me by other people. I was about 15, and doing a lot of debating…
Disputes perspectives: Constantine Partasides QC
Modern history was my undergrad. History has always been my passion. I had a sense I’d be a lawyer, but…
Disputes perspectives: Jolyon Maugham QC
One of the things about being a barrister is that you’re independently-minded, which means all the big Remain campaigns find…
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