A King's Counsel (post-nominal initials KC) is a senior lawyer appointed by the monarch (or their viceregal representative) of some Commonwealth realms...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

Junior counsel Defence counsel Special counsel Counsel General Crown Counsel King's Counsel (KC) / Queen's Counsel (QC) Advice (opinion) or counsel Counselor...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

case from 6 February 1952 upon the death of King George VI, when living King's Counsel became Queen's Counsel. The term "demise" was originally a law French...

common law courts. With the creation of Queen's Counsel or "Queen's Counsel Extraordinary" (King's Counsel during a male monarch's rule) during the reign...

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...

system and Sheriff Service. Under the King's Counsel Act, the attorney general is automatically appointed a King's Counsel upon swearing into office. The attorney...

November 1966 in Southall, London) is a British criminal law barrister and King's Counsel. He is currently the subject of disciplinary proceedings before the...

to make their case at the Ontario Municipal Board. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1944. From 1958 until 1962 he was treasurer of the Law Society of...

Miriam Rose Dean CNZM KC is a New Zealand King's Counsel and company director. In 2011 Dean was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit...

adviser to the Northern Ireland Policing Board, taking silk as a Queen's Counsel in 2002. During his tenure as Director of Public Prosecutions and Head...

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...

2012 to 2022. She served as counsel to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. Between 2012 and 2021, she was Standing Junior Counsel to the Advocate General,...

Register of Practitioners (Part II) in Dubai. She was appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 2013. On 12 September 1998 she married Michael Bloch KC, also a barrister...

in 1906. He was called to the Saskatchewan bar in 1908 and appointed King's Counsel in 1927. He "served as chancellor of the Anglican diocese of Qu’Appelle...

in Law at the University of Auckland. Ekins was created an honorary King's Counsel in 2022: the Ministry of Justice credited him with making "a major contribution...

in 1926. In 1927, he was called to the Alberta Bar. He was created a King's Counsel in 1944. He was appointed judge of the Alberta Supreme Court in 1959...

was taken by many to mean that he had secured the King's agreement to this. They were mistaken; the King had informed Asquith that he would not consider...

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...