Amanda Brown QC, a tax disputes lawyer and partner at KPMG Law, was appointed to silk in 2021. She becomes one of a tiny number of solicitor-advocates who have been appointed to silk who are not international arbitrators, coming as she does from a multi-disciplinary practice. As a higher-rights qualified lawyer, Amanda has appeared as an advocate at all tribunal and court levels having been the first lawyer in a UK accountancy firm to appear in the European Court of Justice. Amanda is also a CEDR accredited mediator and in 2014 she was appointed as a Fee Paid Judge in […]
Sophie Cartwright QC, who is a recognised leader in administrative and public law, inquests and inquiries, professional discipline and health and safety, was appointed to silk in the 2020 competition. Sophie – who also sits as a Recorder in the Crown Court on the Northern Circuit and as an Assistant Coroner – was raised in Lancashire and attended St Augustine’s Roman Catholic High School in Billington and took her A levels at Blackburn College. With no familial connections with the legal profession, Sophie discovered her vocation when a friend of her father arranged for Sophie to do work experience with […]