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 […]
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 […]