What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee/pupil?
In October 1990, the Government gave the go-ahead to British Rail and London Transport to develop the east-west Crossrail scheme. The excitement was huge and being part of the team that prepared for the submission of a private bill (the method of getting big infrastructure projects approved at the time) to Parliament in November 1991, was a career milestone that remained etched in my memory. Parliament rejected the Bill in May 1994 due to the perceived heavy constraints on the public finances caused by the recession at the time. Watching the Canary Wharf station being built in 2010 from the Barclays headquarters where I worked, brought back happy memories from my early legal career. The station was a major part of Crossrail so watching the construction admittedly made me feel quite proud. I also still have fond memories of the great colleagues I worked with and the huge support I received from my training principal and