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Perspectives: Mark Hastings

Perspectives: Mark Hastings
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Sarah Downey
4 October 2016
ProfileDisputes Yearbook 2016

I always wanted to be a criminal barrister. I grew up watching Rumpole.

At university I read classics, did the conversion and worked out I didn’t want to be a barrister at all. They’re a different breed to me – I enjoy people and interaction. It was obvious to me it suited me better to be a solicitor.

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