
Perspectives
I’ve been lucky. I didn’t always want to be a lawyer. I used to party a lot; I liked going out. I always have done. In my twenties my girlfriend suggested I do something with my life instead of faffing around. She binned me.
Brideshead Revisited was on TV at the time and I thought it might be a good idea to go to university. I was living in Southampton, and unbelievably I found a great teacher and went to night school. He specialised in giving people second chances.