Dr Simon Fox QC works across the country from his base in the Bristol office of No5 Chambers and he was in the London offices off Fleet Street when I met him to talk about his experience of the Queen’s Counsel competition. We began by talking about how and why he had transferred from medicine to law. Perhaps surprisingly, Simon said that the decision to give up medicine had not been difficult. He had qualified at the young age of 23 and had soon realised that medicine would not be the career for him, although he was keen to still […]
Kama Melly was one of this year’s 107 new Queen’s Counsel; one of just 25 women (of 48 who applied) appointed silks in the 2015/16 Competition. I met Kama in The Savoy Hotel, London the day after her oath-taking as a new silk at Westminster Hall. She had popped down for a few days from Leeds with her husband and children to make a few days out for this very special occasion. As Kama said, “staying in the Travelodge would not have been quite the same!” Kama is widely recognised as one of the foremost advocates in the North East, […]