Lisa Linklater KC was the first female commercial chancery specialist in the North Eastern Circuit to be appointed silk, following the 2021 KC Competition. Lisa specialises in shareholder and partnership disputes, corporate insolvency (both litigation and technical applications) and contractual disputes. Lisa grew up in the Scottish Borders and attended a local state primary school followed by an independent school in Edinburgh. At this all-girls school there was no talk of ‘glass ceilings’; the sky was the limit. Lisa had no family connections with the law but she loved taking part in the school debating society, the cut and thrust […]
Marios Lambis KC, who grew up in North London the son of Greek Cypriot immigrants, is believed to be the first barrister who specialises entirely in professional discipline (PD) to be appointed silk, following the 2021 KC competition. Marios was originally a criminal specialist (in the chambers of Sir Desmond de Silva KC) and his cases included murders, major frauds and terrorist cases, including the first Iraqi Hijacking trial. One of his most high-profile cases was the tragic killing of ‘Baby P’ in 2010, where he presented the case against the team leader and social worker who failed to keep […]