Tag: Solicitor

I spent the first 12 years of my career in private practice in Camden Town, becoming a partner soon after qualification and building up one of the largest specialist housing teams at the time. 

As a child, I had no aspirations to become a lawyer but a keen interest in the world around me, and a desire to contribute something useful in the public sector.

I am an employment solicitor and had always worked in this capacity since qualification. I was appointed as a fee-paid Employment Judge in London South in 2013.

I am a solicitor, specialising in crime. I qualified in 2009 after converting to law – my degree is in computer science. I practiced in criminal defence before moving to the Criminal Cases Review Commission as head of legal.

I had completed my law degree and Legal Practice Course and was searching for a training contract in order to qualify as a solicitor when I spotted an advert for a trainee solicitor post within local government.

I grew up in Cardiff and went to the local comprehensive school, before studying law at university. After returning to Wales for my LPC, I trained in a large regional firm in Bristol and went on to specialise in civil litigation.

I grew up in Hertfordshire, where I attended St Albans High School on a full scholarship before reading law at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. After taking the solicitors’ final exams I joined Freshfields, a law firm in the City of London, as a trainee, qualifying as a solicitor in 1986 and becoming a partner in 1994.