The Hogan Lovells veteran on a disasterous trip to Croydon and how to panic safely unseen

Why did you become a lawyer? Age 10, my parents were prepping for me for the interview for secondary school and thought that my future career was a likely topic. Becoming a footballer was deemed an unacceptable and unrealistic ambition so, in the absence of any other ideas on my part, they suggested I said I wanted to be a lawyer. I never did come up with a better idea, so here I am.