Mixing a criminal negligence practice with voyages to far-flung places, John Gimlette is one of a number of travel-writing barristers. Melanie Stern reports
Bristling beneath the red braces and sensible specs is an individual whose itchy feet and curious mind compete with the comforts of an Everyman schedule – paperwork, family life, walking through the same chambers door for the last 27 years. The sound of those tectonic plates sliding, grating and shaping each other is palpable as barrister and travel writer John Gimlette (pictured) muses on balancing the rigours of the law with a taste for the road.
