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BRIAN DOLAN
Football-loving partner at law firm Stephens Scown LLP WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG? Striker for Coventry City.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST FULL TIME JOB?
IF YOU COULD INVITE ANY TWO PEOPLE FOR DINNER, WHO WOULD THEY BE AND WHY WOULD YOU INVITE THEM? Michael Palin and Barry Humphries – very funny and plenty of stories to tell.
Midland Bank International in the City. I didn’t want to go to university; I wanted to crack on, get a job and make my fortune. It was a tedious job settling foreign currency cheques. I was paid less than I had earned pot washing in Newquay. I left and went to university.
IF YOU COULD BUILD A HOUSE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHERE WOULD IT BE?
WHAT’S IN YOUR POCKETS?
WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION?
Debit card, reading glasses and of course a mask.
St Agnes.
HOW DO YOU LIKE TO RELAX?
I was born in Singapore and love going ‘home’ to see my brother, but I don’t really have a favourite – it’s a big and fascinating world with lots of different places to discover.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE BEST MOMENT IN YOUR CAREER?
IF YOU COULD BE GOD FOR A DAY, WHAT MIRACLE WOULD YOU PERFORM?
Cycling. I’m a fair weather MAMIL.
Winning a defamation case for a local client – appalling accusations made against them and significant costs on the line.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE WORST MOMENT IN YOUR CAREER?
Cure/prevent pandemics!
WHAT WAS YOUR LUCKIEST BREAK?
Calling the Judge ‘My Lord’ throughout my first advocacy experience: Her Honour graciously didn’t correct me, recognising I was a tad nervous.
Finding I was working a few desks away from the chairman of the London Coventry City Supporters Club in 1987. He got me FA Cup semi-final and final tickets in our one glory year. It’s been famine trophy-wise every other year of our existence.
WHAT’S THE BEST THING ABOUT CORNWALL?
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DOING IN FIVE YEARS’ TIME?
Best place to grow up. Best place to live. Best place to work.
48 | BUSINESS CORNWALL
Playing up front for Coventry.
