Work Life Quiz: Steven Martin, Antony Hodari & Co

What do you do at weekends?

Spend time with my family, play golf, coach U9s rugby.

What was your first-ever job?

Labouring on a building site.

What was your worst experience as a trainee?

Doing a seat in conveyancing.

Where’s the best place to go if you want to find out what’s really going on in the office?

The pub.

What do you do at weekends?

Spend time with my family, play golf, coach U9s rugby.

What’s your favourite restaurant?

Australasia in Manchester.

If you weren’t a lawyer what would you have been?

An architect.

Who’s your hero and why?

Sir Richard Branson - driven, ambitious and always willing to look for new opportunities. And he owns a Caribbean island.

What’s the best thing about your job?

The diversity of the role; I am also compliance officer for legal practice (Colp) at Paul Rooney Solicitors, which is owned by Antony Hodari.

What’s the toughest thing about your job?

Coping with the ever-changing landscape of personal injury litigation.

What book are you reading?

The Litigators by John Grisham.

What’s the most exciting deal/case you’ve worked on and why?

The most satisfying case was against a sweet manufacturer following the death of a child who had choked on a lolly. It was a painful journey for the family, but they eventually received some recognition for their loss.

If you were stranded on a desert island what two luxury items would you take?

An iPod and a yacht.

What’s the longest you’ve worked without sleep?

15 hours.

If a movie was being made about your life, which actor would play you and why?

Sean Bean - a down-to-earth Yorkshireman.

Who would you least like to be stuck in a lift with and why?

Piers Morgan. Need I explain?

Tell us two truths and one lie about yourself (in any order)…

My ancestors are Scottish; I hate whisky; I’ve played golf with Hugh Grant.