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Life during law: Phil Sanderson

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Legal Business · 1 April 2014 · 5 min read
Life During Law Profile Travers Smith

I used to pretend I decided to be a lawyer at 16. My sister made a visit to me in London and one of our smarter associates asked: ‘So, tell us when Phil decided to be a lawyer?’ My sister said: ‘You were eight, weren’t you?’ She blew my cover. I’ve always been attracted to it.

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