Caroline Rees QC becomes the second of only two female criminallaw silks in Wales following her success in the 2017 QC competition.She was one of 32 women (from the total of 119) appointed silkfollowing the QC ceremony in Westminster Hall in February 2018. Caroline had had no previous connections with the legal professionwhen the deputy headmaster of her Welsh language comprehensiveschool in Llanelli encouraged her to attend court with his barristerson. That experience fired Caroline’s interest in pursuing a career in advocacy. She tookher law degree at Birmingham University and then attended Bar school in London. Whilst atuniversity, Caroline worked […]
Caroline said that the fact that she was now one of Her Majesty’sQueen’s Counsel had not really sunk in yet. She had thought that herfirst application for silk would be a ‘dry run’, so when she received hersuccessful letter – on her birthday – she was very pleasantly surprised.Caroline felt that QC was an accolade bestowed on those at thepinnacle of the profession and an enormously important quality markthat indicated to the court and to clients the highest level of advocacyskills, integrity and behaviour. It was also a beacon of fairness, impeachability and honestyaround the world. The QC ‘badge’ was […]