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...

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...

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...

March 1960 – 2 August 2024) was an English commercial law barrister, King's Counsel, and chair of the Horserace Betting Levy Board. Darling grew up in Cleadon...

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...

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...

adviser to the Northern Ireland Policing Board and was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 2002. During his tenure as Director of Public Prosecutions and head...

"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...

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

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...

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...

Chair of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in 2009 and was appointed King's Counsel in 2010. On 12 January 2017, he was appointed as a High Court judge...

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...

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...

trials and 7 July 2005 London bombings before being appointed a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 2008. From 2012, he was Head of Chambers at Red Lion Chambers and...

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...

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...

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 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...

National Party. East was born in Ōpōtiki on 4 August 1946, and was educated at King's College, Auckland. He studied at the University of Auckland, graduating...

was created a King's Counsel for British Honduras in 1905 and King's Counsel for the Bahamas in 1920. Maxwell was knighted by the King in July 1911. In...

Honourable". She was appointed as Queen's Counsel on 24 February 2020, during the Queen's reign and she is now a King's Counsel. In accordance with the Ministerial...

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...

a large junior practice, he took silk (that is, was appointed Queen's Counsel). He served in numerous cases involving the common law and, while not making...

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...

first woman to chair the Criminal Bar Association. She took silk (Queen's Counsel) in 1990 and was appointed a Recorder the following year. In 1999, she...