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 […]
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 […]