On the spot: Benjamin Evans, owner of BJE LEGAL, Solicitors

Working as a warehouse hand at a steel works in Sheffield during the summer holidays while at university.

If you weren’t in your current position, what would you be doing?

Wondering why I hadn’t set up my own firm yet.

What was your worst mistake?

There’s no such thing providing you learn from every experience and do things better the next time around.

What’s your ideal day away from the office?

A walk in the country with my girlfriend and our dog, followed by drinks at the local pub and then dinner, cooked and inevitably burnt, by me.

Name one person you would like to have dinner with and why?

Bill Hicks. Arguably one of the world’s greatest comedians and I can’t help but think that the global events of the last twenty years would have made him even more misanthropic.

What are your hobbies?

Playing with my band in and around Leeds.

What’s your favourite item of clothing?

A pair of cowboy boots I bought in Las Vegas.

What’s your favourite time of day?

The very early hours of the morning. It’s quiet and a good time to think.

What’s the best thing about Yorkshire?

The diversity of both people and places.

What would you like your epitaph to be?

I’d like to borrow Spike Milligan’s ‘I told you I was ill’.