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 […]
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 […]