‘I told my father I wanted to be a barrister. He said it’s financially risky so I ought to get a proper qualification first. He meant: be a chartered accountant. So I did.’
I am with top-rated tax silk and Fellow Chartered Accountant David Milne KC in Pump Court Tax Chambers on Bedford Row. ‘After taking my law degree in 1966 I went to train at Whinney Murray now part of EY. I was in the first all-graduate intake for a three-year ACA qualification. We were a cohort of about 25. Our tutor was not much older than us. We would decamp to a nearby pub to continue our learning. We still have reunions.’
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