It's not at all surprising that you want a fresh start somewhere else given what has happened to you. The good news is that not being qualified until you are 27 isn't, in and of itself, bad at all. It's actually below the average qualification age, which has been hovering slightly higher than that for a little while now last I checked. Whilst I realise you don't want to be a barrister, the same is true of the Bar, where the average age for pupils has also been similar. So no, as a new trainee or newly qualified lawyer generally your age is and will be perfectly normal. You have nothing to worry about at all on that front, and there's no reason why your focus shouldn't be on having a fresh start elsewhere where you can develop and build on much more positive experiences.