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Article: 104 Queen’s Counsel appointed in 2008/09 competition

THE third round of appointments as Queen’s Counsel has been announced. These appointments are made by an independent Selection Panel, which recommends who should receive this highly sought-after award. All those appointed have demonstrated excellence i...

Article: 108th High Court judge

Guy Richard Newey QC of Maitland Chambers has been appointed as an additional High Court judge in the Chancery Division to help with an increased workload.

Article: 129 Queen’s Counsel appointed in 2009-10 competition

THE fourth round of appointments as Queen’s Counsel was announced on 26 February 2010. These appointments are made following consideration by the independent Selection Panel, which recommends who should receive this highly sought-after award. All t...

Article: Advocacy accreditation scheme nears completion

Legal trainingAll criminal advocates, including QCs, will be subject to compulsory re-accreditation every five years, the Joint Advocacy Group (JAG) has confirmed.JAG has published its analysis of responses to its proposals for the scheme, which is...

Article: Barrister member of the QC Selection Panel: call for nominations

The Chairman of the Bar is responsible for appointing the two barrister members of the QC Selection Panel. Roy Amlot QC was appointed to the Panel in 2005 as a founder member of the new Selection Process. He has par ticipated in three demanding and...

Article: CHINA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MISSION HAILED A SUCCESS

A Bar Council group of experts in commercial and criminal law visited the Chinese cities of Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen in early November. The first three cities were visited in collaboration with a delegation from the Law Society and...

Article: Honorary Silks

Nominations for appointment as Queen’s Counsel “honoris causa” (honorary Silk) in Spring 2011 must be returned to the Ministry of Justice (“MoJ”) by 30 July 2010.

Article: New members appointed to the QC Appointments Selection Panel and the QC Appointments Complaints Committee

TWO new lay members and a solicitor member have been appointed to the QC Appointments Selection Panel, and one new lay member has been appointed to the QC Complaints Committee. The appointments to the Selection Panel bring the total number of those on...

Article: New Silks take centre stage

ProfessionA total of 120 Queen’s Counsel have been appointed in  the 2011 Silk round, 48 per cent of those who applied.Three chambers gained four new QCs apiece — Maitland Chambers, Thirty-Nine Essex Street and No5 Chambers.

Article: Nichol Review of QC system endorses the revised procedure

THE Bar Council and the Law Society today published the report of Sir Duncan Nichol CBE’s review of Queen’s Counsel Appointments. The purpose of the review was to examine ways of improving the operation of the revised process for the appointment and...

Article: Professor Dame Joan Higgins appointed Chair of Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel

PROFESSOR Dame Joan Higgins has been appointed as the new lay Chair of the Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel, replacing Baroness Butler-Sloss GBE. The Panel assesses applicants for the award of Queen’s Counsel, given to those who demonstrate excellence in...

Article: QC selection panel

Lord Carlile of Berriew QC has been appointed to the Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel, replacing Roy Amlot QC as the barrister member of the independent panel, which assesses applicants for the position of Queen’s Counsel. 

Article: QC system endorsed

The system for the appointment and selection of Queen’s  Counsel is working well in identifying outstanding advocates, Sir Duncan Nicol CBE has concluded.

Article: QCs’ advocacy skills will be re-assessed

Barristers, including QCs, will be required to undergo a compulsory re-accreditation process every five years under proposals for a new criminal advocacy assurance scheme that is due to begin next July.

Article: RECEPTION FOR A DELEGATION FROM THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION

On 3 December the Bar Council’s international committee with the support of Outer Temple Chambers, COMBAR’s Africa sub committee, ChBA and the CBA, welcomed a delegation of Nigerian lawyers who were participating in a week long programme organised by the...

Article: Silk selection under review

Sir Duncan Nichol CBE’s review into the system for appointing QCs has been submitted and is now being considered by the Bar Council and Law Society.

Article: Silk success for women and employed Bar

Women scored their highest ever success rate in this year’s silk rounds—55% compared with 40% for men. Some 16 of the 104 successful applicants celebrating their new QC status this year are women.

Article: Sir Duncan Nichol CBE’s review of the QC appointment system welcomed by the Bar Council and the Law Society

SIR Duncan Nichol CBE’s review of the Queen’s Counsel Appointment System was jointly commissioned by the Bar Council and the Law Society in September 2008. The terms of reference of the review included considering whether it would be appropriate to...

Article: Stability for the publicly funded Bar, modernisation for all barristers - 2010 inaugural speech

SECURING stability for the publicly funded Bar and the need for all barristers to modernise in the fast-moving legal landscape have been set at the heart of the agenda for 2010 by incoming Bar Council Chairman, Nicholas Green QC. The leading...

Article: VISIT BY THE TIANJIN BAR ASSOCIATION

The China sub-committee of the International Committee was pleased to welcome a delegation of nine office holders from the Tianjin Bar Association to London on 7 December. The Bar Council established a good relationship with the Tianjin Bar during a...