We met at Benjamin Myers’ rooms in Exchange Chambers in Manchester. Ben is one of the 100 Silks appointed in 2014 and one of 20 of the new QCs who were based outside of London. Called to the Bar in 1994, Ben specialises in serious crime. As well as appearing regularly for the defence, he is a category 4 prosecutor and a specialist rape prosecutor. He has lectured on criminal law and been a tutor in International Human Rights at the University of Leeds. Before he took his LLM, Ben studied philosophy and psychology. He chose those subjects because they […]
David Forsdick QC, of Landmark Chambers in London’s Fleet Street, was called to the Bar in 1993. He specialises in environmental, planning, local authority and public law. Prior to his appointment to Queen’s Counsel, David was on the Treasury Solicitor’s ‘A’ Panel – from 2005 to 2014 – a role which he thoroughly enjoyed. Originally, David was aiming to become a solicitor. However, when he was volunteering with the Free Representation Unit a judge suggested to him that he was cut out to be a barrister. David won a Gray’s Inn scholarship which paid for Bar School and the rest, […]