Roger Thomas, who was called to the Bar in 1979, had a specialist tax practice and was frequently instructed by top multinational companies and major accountancy firms both in the UK and, since achieving the QC ‘badge’ in 2014, increasingly from Commonwealth countries. He was particularly in demand for complex stamp duty cases. Gaining silk had meant that Roger’s practice had widened and become “more fun”, he said, which for him had been one of the most satisfying things about becoming a QC. Roger was born in Singapore where his father had worked for the British Colonial Civil Service. The […]
Marc Willers’ room in Garden Court Chambers, London was rather small, with every surface piled high with journals, papers, and books (most of them bookmarked) as Marc was midway through an urgent task to identify some authorities for a case. Marc, who was called to the Bar in 1987, began by telling me that it was not until a couple of years ago that he had started to give any serious thought to applying for QC. At that stage he had found himself increasingly up against silks (and often alone himself), and he was also getting encouragement from his peers […]