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 […]
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 […]