9.00am: I arrive in the office after a five-mile walk. I've been doing this for two months now in some vague attempt to stay fit but it's a nice walk through Islington, over the Millennium Bridge and along the Thames to the new office. I immediately check my emails to see what kind of day is ahead. My current seat is in the corporate recovery department, sharing an office with partner Nick Pike.9.30am: One of the main things I am working on is a dispute between our client and his trustee in bankruptcy. I ring the client to tell them that today is the last day the trustee has to respond to our letter threatening proceedings. The client is unhappy and asks for some time to think. I ring counsel and he talks me through some of our options. A handy tip in this seat is to build good relationships with the regular barristers - which is handy when you get stuck on tough legal points!10.00am: I get some research to do. The department is close-knit so I work for everyone when I'm needed. Our court clerk sends round an email saying that she can't do the court run today. I volunteer as I have a hearing at 3.00pm to attend and I can file the documents beforehand.10.30am: Nick and I attend a meeting with a new client against whom HMRC have started director's disqualification proceedings. My role is to take a detailed note and to clarify anything I don't understand with the client. It's a complex case and we spend some time discussing options with the client.11.30am: Write up the meeting notes and assist with an ongoing disclosure exercise (fancy term for scheduling documents!).

I draft an engagement letter on a debt recovery matter and do a bit of jurisdiction research as the debtor company is in Spain. The letter goes into Nick's in-tray for approval.12.30pm: Go down to café for a quick lunch and catch up with some other trainees before getting ready to go to court. A client needs to swear a notice of appointment of administrator so I am asked to take him next door to Norton Rose to swear it. This is quickly done and I send him on his way and set off for court.2.30pm: Arrive at the Royal Courts of Justice and immediately get lost trying to find various tiny rooms (all with huge queues) to file my documents. Eventually I file them and nervously take a seat in a waiting room of the Thomas More Building. I am here to attend a hearing to make an interim charging order on a property final. I read the file for the hundredth time to ensure I can recall the facts for the registrar and silently hope that no-one from the other side attends to defend the application.3.00pm: I get called in and the registrar asks me a few questions about the application, tells me that everything is in place and grants the order. I pretend to be nonchalant about this, politely thank him and leave.4.00pm: Arrive back at office and deal with emails. I have a large billing task to wade through and need to write a lengthy letter to the official receiver detailing our costs on a matter. I need to decide which corporate seat I am going to ask for next and make a mental note to bring this up with the current corporate trainees.6.00pm: I draft some instructions to counsel. We need winding up proceedings against our client to be halted whilst they reorganise their company so the hearing needs to be adjourned.6.45pm: Home time. The hours in this seat have generally been good. There's an outdoor cinema in the scoop next door to the office where I'm meeting some friends to watch a Buster Keaton film for free.