Having left college as a pharmacologist I was introduced to a member of the patent bar who insisted that life as a lawyer was a lot better than life as a research scientist. At the time I was a long way from the stuffy world of Middle Temple Hall where we met. Nevertheless, I was persuaded and exchanged lab coat for gown some time ago.

But, I did not appreciate how very uncommercial the business operation associated with being a barrister was until many years later.