Leading lights

Lord Denning is the most inspiring lawyer of all time, according to a survey of 412 City lawyers—10% voted for the irascible maverick in the poll by legal executive search firm GRS, while Ghandi came second, followed by Cherie Blair. Keeping it in the family in fourth place, 5% of lawyers said their dads were the most inspiring people in their field. Hilary Clinton came fifth, while in sixth, modesty was abandoned with 3% of lawyers voting for themselves. In seventh, eighth and ninth place were fictional lawyers Horace Rumpole, Perry Mason and Portia from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, while Lord Diplock scraped tenth place.