116 NEW QUEEN’S COUNSEL APPOINTED IN THE 2020 COMPETITION

PRESS RELEASE (For Immediate Use) 116 NEW QUEEN’S COUNSEL APPOINTED IN THE 2020 COMPETITION   The appointments of 116 new Queen’s Counsel (also known as silk) are announced today. These appointments are made by Her Majesty The Queen on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC, MP, following consideration by the independent Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel. Sir Alex Allan, Chair of the Selection Panel, said today: ’I am delighted at the announcement of the new silks. I congratulate each one of them.   The selection process is a rigorous and demanding one.  We collect confidential assessments from judges, fellow […]

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