By Sunyana Sharma, Barrister, 3 Paper Buildings
As I start to write this article, my daughter sits behind me in her high chair throwing her crayons on the floor. This is the only way I can stop her thumping on my laptop or demanding that she sit in my lap whilst I try and write another email. It’s midday and so far on one of my working days, I have written three emails, put the washing on the line put in another wash and spoken to my clerk. I am yet to draft the note from last week, respond to three urgent emails that need my immediate yet focussed attention (tricky with a toddler in tow) and update my website which has been on my list for since I returned to Chambers three months ago. Let’s be frank…there really is no easy way to parent and be a barrister but somehow for years many ba...
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