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Biography

What was your first-ever job?

As a teenager my first job was as a part-time record shop assistant… when I first started I thought I was better off than my friends that had paper rounds… but I quickly worked out that there were downsides as well.

If you were stranded on a desert island, what two ­luxury items would you take?

I’d have to take a sketch pad and pencil. Before becoming a solicitor I got to “draw” for a living and even now I can’t quite imagine a life without it… however lovely the island.

“If a movie was being made about your life, which actor would play you and why?

Colin Firth, because my wife would insist on it.

Career history

2007: Promoted to Associate at Wards
1997: Joined Wards as an Assistant Solicitor
1995: Qualified as a Solicitor at Osborne Clarke

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