James Ewins QC – Queen Elizabeth Buildings (QEB) Chambers, London

I met James Ewins QC in his chambers at Queen Elizabeth Buildings (QEB). James was one of the 107 new Queen’s Counsel appointed silk in the ceremony in Westminster Hall, London on 22nd February this year.   Our conversation ranged widely. We talked about James’s career choices, his life outside of work, about equality and diversity issues and about his experience of the QC selection process. Called to the Bar some 19 years ago, James practises exclusively in family law, specialising in complex matrimonial finance issues, including pre-nuptial contracts.  He has acted in a wide range of domestic and international cases […]

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John McKendrick QC – Outer Temple Chambers, London

At 39, John is one of the youngest new Queen’s Counsel, appointed earlier this year at the silk ceremony in Westminster Hall in London.  John has a diverse practice, working in public, commercial and regulatory law in the UK, and also across Latin America and in the Caribbean.  John worked in Panama and is called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and he is a fluent Spanish speaker.  John appears before a wide range of tribunals, from the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, through the Court of Protection (C o P) to the full range […]

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