The Apprentice

Nothing to do with barrister stuff on the face of it, but I must say that this series of The Apprentice has been superb. Lee was a very worthy winner and I wish him every success working with Suralan, he's a wry old fox isn't he (Suralan that is) and very likeable in a Victor Meldrew sort of way. I had rooted for Lee all the way along, he seemed to be the one who was most trustworthy and genuine, but I really thought he'd blown it last week when it was revealed that he'd lied on his CV. Claire started out like a bulldozer, but really did improve as the weeks went by and my God, that girl has balls, she took severe criticism on the chin week after week, went away and grafted to try and pull herself up the slippery, Sugar corporate ladder. Alex and Helen were in my mind exposed as a pair of spineless whingers, always ready to do a bit of back stabbing to try and ricochet blame from their own lack of enterprise. Perhaps there is something to learn from all of this. Success in ones chosen career is not always down to pure academic ability, but is more to do with sticking at it, despite sometimes looking an idiot, or being made to feel an idiot by those who are always too ready to stick the knife in.

Ironic isn't it, that the person who had the least in terms of academic qualifications, can teach us all a trick or two about success.

Not nice to say, but I thought that the two candidates who were described as barristers did no favours to the legal profession. Nicholas came across as stuffy, arrogant and up his own backside, whilst Sara seemed to look afraid all the time and talked so very quickly that you couldn't imagine her being able to professionally and methodically spell out a legal argument in court, it would all be over so quickly that no one would have time to absorb what she had said.