Hi everyone, I'm here in London today and I have the opportunity to speak to Joe Hague

and I met Joe with the British film producer Guy Richie.

He's met, this is the fourth time we've met and the last three times we had a very interesting

conversation, Joe, has had a remarkable life on a variety of different directions and

on a variety of different planes and so for me this is an opportunity to get to know him

further.

He's had a remarkable career as a litigator and is also deeply involved in the world of

modern fine art and so we share a lot of interests I worked with lawyers for a long time in Toronto

when I was working as a clinician and a consultant and I've been collecting art for a long time

and Joe's quite the fascinating character and so I thought I'd have this opportunity today

to get to know him a little bit more but also to introduce all of you to him and so that's the

plan for today.

So Joe I think we should probably start by doing a little bit of an investigation into your background

and so where were you born?

I was born in Lebanon and I came to England when I was four years old, I'm an only child,

my mom and dad were immigrant workers and they came to England and often get asked this,

they came to England simply to make a living and seek their fortune or just to get a life

because it was tough in Lebanon then.

When was that?

We arrived on January the 9th 1967.

67.

It's funny immigrants often remember the day they arrived anyway it's like an important day,

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