Aparna Nathan QC, Devereux Chambers, London

Appointed silk in 2019, Aparna Nathan QC was educated in India, London and Singapore. She came from a community that placed a high premium on academic study and achievement.  Her mother was a specialist doctor (now retired), her late father was an engineer (rising to Vice President of a private Indian company) and her sister was a specialist doctor. Several members of her extended family worked in the legal profession, mainly in India.   Whilst studying ‘A’ levels, Aparna had set her sights on becoming a barrister at the England and Wales Bar.  She undertook undergraduate and post-graduate studies in law […]

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Siân Mirchandani QC, 4 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn, London

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 […]

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