solicitor-general and king's serjeants were King's Counsel in Ordinary in the Kingdom of England. The first Queen's Counsel Extraordinary was Sir Francis...

"Senior Counsel" is used in current or former Commonwealth countries or jurisdictions that have chosen to change the title "King's Counsel" to a name...

as an equivalent to barrister, where a Senior Counsel (S.C.) is equivalent to the UK King's Counsel (K.C.) After they have graduated from University...

called Queen's Counsel and living King's Counsel became Queen's Counsel. Forty-three King's Counsel had been appointed before 1952. When King Charles III...

Una Jagose KC is New Zealand's Solicitor-General and King's Counsel, appointed in February and June 2016 respectively. Jagose was born and raised in Cambridge...

junior barrister is a barrister who has not yet attained the rank of King's Counsel. Although the term is archaic and not commonly used, junior barristers...

The King's Counsel Selection Panel is an independent and self-funding body responsible for awarding appointments as a King's Counsel within England and...

King's Counsel (formerly Queen's Counsel until September 2022) is a British cartoon strip created by Alexander Williams and Graham Francis Defries, which...

King's Counsel are appointed by the provincial Cabinet on the advice of the Attorney General of British Columbia. No more than 7% of the bar of British...

wear short wigs in circumstances where they would be worn by King's Counsel or junior counsel." Other qualified advocates, such as chartered legal executive...

was reappointed by Rishi Sunak. On 4 November 2022, he was appointed King's Counsel. On 7 December 2023, Tomlinson was appointed as the Minister of State...

Northern Ireland. 66 were King's Counsel (KCs), barristers who have earned a high reputation and are appointed by the King on the recommendation of the...

from 1974 to 1988 and in London from 1988 to 2004. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1992, and served as a recorder until his appointment as a specialist...

Timothy Michael Lord KC (born 10 February 1966) is an English barrister, King's Counsel and Bencher of the Inner Temple who successfully acted for Guardian...

Honorable Society of King's Inns (Irish: Cumann Onórach Óstaí an Rí) is the "Inn of Court" for the Bar of Ireland. Established in 1541, King's Inns is Ireland's...

presented largely in Latin. He was the first recipient of the Queen's counsel designation, conferred in 1597 when Elizabeth I reserved him as her legal...

was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1963. He was appointed Queen's Counsel (1980), recorder (1989), and Circuit Judge (1991). In 1992 he became the...

European, competition and regulatory law, and in 1986 was appointed Queen's Counsel. Between 1992 and 1999, Bellamy was a judge of the Court of First Instance...

Queen's Counsel (QC), which Sri Lanka ceased appointing when it became a republic in 1972. It is equivalent to the appointment of a King's Counsel in the...

Eaton-under-Heywood in the House of Lords. Banner was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2019; at the age of 38, he was the youngest barrister to be appointed...

became a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1997. He was appointed to defend Slobodan Milosevic at his war crimes trial. He has acted as counsel for Delawar Hossain...

International Court of Justice (ICJ). On 16 January 2020 he was appointed as a King's Counsel for the courts of England and Wales. Harish Salve was born into a Marathi...

criminal law, and, in 2001, was called to the Senior Bar as a Queen's Counsel. Allister quit the Official Unionist Party (OUP) to join the DUP at its...

post-nominal KC). Members or former members of the higher judiciary who are King's Counsel do not use the post-nominal letters KC. Due to the various honours bestowed...

1920, coming top of the bar examinations, and "took silk" to become a King's Counsel in 1939. He served as recorder of Chichester from 1939 to 1951. He also...

that Mr Justice King’s behaviour in respect of this matter fell below the standards expected of a member of the Judiciary. Mr Justice King has been issued...

king's counsel title, whereas others use the senior counsel title. Barristers who are called to the Inner Bar in Northern Ireland are called king's counsel...

"appointed to the degree of the utter bar". Those appointed as King's Counsel (Queen's Counsel if the monarch is female) are entitled to plead from "within...

International Court of Justice at The Hague several times. He was general counsel to the International Monetary Fund from 1955 to 1960, and he was a member...

Lead Counsel to represent Francis Muthaura before the ICC in relation to the post-election violence in 2007–2008. He later served as Lead Counsel for Deputy...