After a successful career at the Bar, Lord Falconer’s eventful period in politics saw him initially written off as Dome Minster and ‘Tony’s Crony’ before leading major constitutional reform. Suzanna Ring meets a man who still doesn’t fit into a neat box

As I arrive to interview Lord Falconer at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher on London’s Victoria Embankment, I am hit with the sudden realisation that this is one of those rare professional occasions when I really don’t know what to expect.