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After completing his law degree, Alan Farrar spent two years working in a suburban practice before pursing a non-legal career in business fo

Michael Gleeson has a pretty interesting backstory. Originally from Manchester, Michael is qualified as a barrister in both England and Aust

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After I finished law school, I decided to do a PLT placement in a family law firm, as it was an area that I hadn’t studied but wanted to try