Announcement of Opening of 2011-12 Competition

FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION Wednesday 9th March 2011 APPOINTMENT AS QUEEN’S COUNSEL: 2011-12 COMPETITION ANNOUNCED The Selection Panel which makes recommendations for the appointment as Queen’s Counsel has announced today that it is inviting applications for appointment as Queen’s Counsel from barristers and solicitors with Higher Courts rights of audience from Wednesday 9th March 2011. From Wednesday 9th March 2011, the application form and guidance for applicants will be available on the Selection Panel’s website www.qcapplications.org.uk . The deadline for receipt of applications is 5pm on Wednesday 20th April 2011. On current expectations the outcome of the applications is likely to […]

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Three new members appointed to the QC Selection Panel

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MONDAY 7th MARCH 2011 THREE NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE QC APPOINTMENTS SELECTION PANEL Two new lay members and one new solicitor member have been appointed to the QC Appointments Selection Panel. Felicity Huston, the Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland, and Sir Alistair Graham, Chairman of PhonepayPlus and formerly Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, are the two new lay members of the Appointments Panel. Linda Lee is the new solicitor member of the Appointments Panel. She is currently President of the Law Society. She will be stepping down as […]

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