Hugh Sims was called to the Bar in 1999 and appointed to silk in 2014. The legal directories already recognised him as a leading Western Circuit barrister – across no fewer than seven areas, from commercial through professional negligence to insolvency. Prior to taking silk, Hugh had been on the Attorney General’s Panels since 2002. We met at Hugh’s Guildhall Chambers in Bristol. Hugh told me that he had studied physics at Manchester University but although he enjoyed the subject (and was good at it, he gained a ‘first’), he said that the prospect of “a lifetime spent underground at […]
I met Wayne Jordash in Doughty Street Chambers, where he was paying a flying visit, having recently returned from one of the international courts where he specialises in criminal and human rights law. After our meeting, however, Wayne was off for a much needed holiday, after a short visit to his parents in the North-East of England. Whilst at comprehensive school, Wayne – who is of mixed Caribbean and English heritage – had originally planned to become a social worker, and he studied psychology at university. However, after returning from a seven months “gap” in Japan following graduation, Wayne had […]