Legal Personality

Baroness Scotland scored a number of firsts simply in becoming Attorney General. In office she has taken an unprecedented lead in ensuring that those who represent the Crown are as diverse as the Bar and in encouraging the Bar to be as diverse as the people it represents, finds David Wurtzel 

Name: Gavin Millar QC
Position: Joint Deputy Head of Chambers; Media Law and Employment silk
Chambers: Doughty Street Chambers 

Desmond Browne QC follows John Mortimer’s career through the Law Reports 

Under David Green QC’s leadership, the RCPO has “restored public and judicial confidence in HMRC prosecutions”.  David Wurtzel meets the Director 

Names: Michael Meeson and David Barnes 

Positions: Chambers Director and Director of Clerking 

Chambers: 39 Essex Street 

David Wurtzel meets Ruth Deech, the Bar Standards Board Chair, and finds a figurehead committed to common-sense, jargon-free and light-touch regulation 

Name: Andrew Hogarth QC
Position: Head of chambers
Chambers: 12KBW 

Name: John Holland
Position: Chambers Manager
Chambers: 2 Paper Buildings 

In his first interview as DPP, Keir Starmer QC reveals his vision for a 21st century service to Ben Silverstone.  

Biography 

Keir Starmer was called to the Bar in 1987 and appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2002. He practised from Doughty Street Chambers since its inception in 1990 and was appointed Head of Chambers in 2007. His main areas of practice were human rights, international law, judicial review, extradition, criminal law, police law and media law. 

Name: Collingwood Thompson QC
Position: Criminal silk
Chambers: Seven Bedford Row