Called to the Bar in 1997, Siân Mirchandani QC was one of thirty women appointed silk in January 2019, following the QC selection process in 2018. She had a broad practice which encompassed commercial disputes, construction/engineering, professional liability claims, insurance and disciplinary. Siân’s family background was British (Welsh) Asian. Her Indian father was an immigrant doctor and her Welsh mother was a nurse, then medical secretary. Her father sadly died when Siân was twelve years old and Siân and her brother Neil (now a litigation solicitor and partner at Hogan Lovells), were raised in Swansea by their mother. The silk […]
Brian Nicholson QC, who was appointed silk in 2019, specialises in all areas of intellectual property, and especially cases involving substantial and complex electronic or computing content. He grew up in the south west of England in a relatively large family, the second of four children. Brian and two of his siblings were the first generation of the family to attend university having been previously educated at a local comprehensive school. No-one in Brian’s own or extended family had been involved in the law before him. Brian originally trained as an electrical and electronic engineer, obtaining a first-class degree and […]