Joanna Martin QC, Devon Chambers, Plymouth

Called to the Bar in 2005, having previously worked as a solicitorsince 1996, Jo Martin QC was one of 32 women appointed silkfollowing the QC selection process in 2017, becoming the first QC tobe appointed from a Chambers in Plymouth. Jo took a rather unusual career path to becoming a barrister. Havingdone poorly in her ‘A’ levels, Jo nonetheless secured a place atCambridge College of Art & Technology to study for a degree inEnglish. Whilst at college Jo had had vague ideas of becoming either a teacher or aphysiotherapist but following graduation the idea of becoming a barrister developed. Beingunsure […]

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Mr Louis Flannery QC, Stephenson Harwood, London

Louis Flannery QC is a partner of and head of international arbitration at Stephenson Harwood. He specialises in arbitration and litigation with a particular emphasis on fraud and/or conflict law issues. He was one of five solicitor advocates appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2017. Louis, whose French mother and Irish father were first generation immigrants, was raised in South London by his mother and attended a local comprehensive school. After retaking failed A levels (in Maths Physics and French), Louis secured an RAF scholarship to study aeronautical engineering. Despite passing all the academic and practical modules, his ambition to become an […]

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