“I’m 43 years old, graduated in law twenty years ago and have been living abroad teaching for 18 years. Having set up my own business and achieved my goals here, I’ve started a distance learning GDL course and I am aiming to move back to the UK to qualify as a solicitor.

“I passed my first-year exams at the first sitting and am beginning the second year. Next year I’ll be moving back to the UK to start the LPC, part-time and working at the same time. I shall be applying to firms for paralegal/casework jobs over the coming year to try to have something set up by the time I move back.