11 January 2021
Proprietor of Beaumonde Law Practice in Harrow
When young, I wanted to be a doctor like my parents. However, I decided to become a journalist. My parents disapproved so we compromised on law.
I completed my LLB at Bristol Polytechnic. I then went to the College of Law. I did a conveyancing seat at a Bromley firm, and then a mixture of wills, civil and criminal litigation at a Watford firm. I clerked Crown court hearings and carried out repossession hearings.
I qualified in 1992 and accepted a temporary assignment conducting repossessions for a firm in Basildon. I was then employed, in 1994, as a solicitor in the criminal department of a Harrow firm. I qualified as a duty solicitor at both police stations and magistrates’ courts. I left as head of department.