One of the 116 new silks appointed following the 2020 QC selection process, Gwion Lewis QC was called to the Bar in 2005. He specialises in public, planning, environmental, EU and public international law and was a member of the Attorney General’s ‘A’ Panel from 2016 to 2021 where he acted for the UK Government in the most complex cases. These included several that related to the interpretation of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Born and raised on Anglesey in north Wales, Gwion was one of the very few native Welsh speakers ever to have been appointed as a […]
Anna Dilnot QC has a broad commercial and Chancery practice and specialises particularly in conflicts of law and commercial fraud, in addition to which she has extensive experience in international arbitration and courtroom advocacy. Anna was appointed Queens Counsel following the 2020 competition. But she never had any “grand plan” to become a lawyer, much less to achieve the heady rank of silk. Anna says she came from an “ordinary background” with no family or friend connections to the law, didn’t know any lawyers and was the first in her family to attend university. Anna “fell into law by accident”, […]