[1] His father's career in the tobacco industry led the family to live in Johannesburg and Toronto.
[1] His academic career included teaching law at the University of Chicago and starting postgraduate studies in Paris, which he could not complete due to financial reasons.
He appeared in several notable cases reported in The Times, dealing with issues ranging from contract breaches to maritime losses and media law.
[1][6][7] In 2004 at the Royal Courts of Justice Pollock made the longest speech in English legal history, speaking for eighty days while representing creditors and liquidators of BCCI, seeking compensation worth £850m against the Bank of England.
His record was broken in 2005 by the leading counsel for the Bank of England, Nicholas Stadlen, speaking in the same case for 119 days.