For Mishcon de Reya’s Daniel Naftalin, some of the most significant cases in his career are those that he lost. “When you become a lawyer, you think that justice will prevail. Sure, some people are more idealistic than others, but if you’ve got a client who’s great – who’s trustworthy and has been treated horrendously – then they should win their case, right? I had a case early in my career where the treatment was so bad and the evidence so clear that the company admitted the discrimination and relied on the statutory defence.