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Bar Council Members

BAR COUNCIL MEMBERS 2008

Chairman
Mr Timothy Dutton QC

Vice-Chairman
Mr Desmond Browne QC

Treasurer
Mr Andrew Mitchell QC

ExOfficio Members
Mr Simon Bourne-Arton QC - Leader, North Eastern Circuit
Miss Margaret Bowron QC - London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association
Mr Peter Joyce QC - Leader, Midland Circuit
Sir Kenneth Macdonald QC - Director of Public Prosecutions
Mr Richard Marks QC - Leader, Northern Circuit
Miss Sally O'Neill QC - Chairman, Criminal Bar Association
Mr Winston Roddick QC - Leader, Wales and Chester Circuit
The Rt Hon Baroness  Scotland of Asthal QC - Attorney General
Mr David Spens QC - Leader, South Eastern Circuit
Miss Lucy Theis QC - Chairman, Family Law Bar Association
Mr Michael Todd QC - Chairman, Chancery Bar Association
Mr Robin Tolson QC - Leader, Western Circuit
Miss Vera Baird QC - Solicitor General
Miss Christiane Valansot - Chairman, Bar Association for Commerce, Finance & Industry

Inns Representatives
Mr Nicholas Green QC - Inner Temple
Mr John Howell QC - Middle Temple
Mr Matthias Kelly QC - Gray's Inn
Mr Stephen Leslie QC - Lincoln's Inn
Miss Adrienne Page QC - Middle Temple
Mr Richard Parkes QC - Gray's Inn
TBA - Inner Temple
Mr Mohammed Asif - Lincoln's Inn
Mr Zachary Bredemear - Inner Temple
Mr Kenneth Craig - Lincoln's Inn
Mrs Penelope Hamilton - Gray's Inn
Mr David Wurtzel - Middle Temple

Circuit Representatives
Mr David Aubrey QC - Wales & Chester Circuit
Mr Gary Burrell QC - North Eastern Circuit
Mr Gregory Dickinson QC - Midland Circuit
Mr Gerard McDermott QC - Northern Circuit
Mr Andrew Mitchell QC - South Eastern Circuit
Mr Robin Tolson QC - Western Circuit
Mr Francis Abbott - Western Circuit
Mr Richard Atkins - Midland Circuit
Miss Christine Bispham - Northern Circuit
Mr Adam Davis - South Eastern Circuit
Mr John Elvidge - North Eastern Circuit
Miss Caroline Harris - Wales & Chester

Association Representatives
Mr Paul Darling QC - Technology & Construction Bar Association
Mrs Jane Giret QC - Chancery Bar Association
Mr Ali Malek QC - COMBAR Chairman
Mr Richard Miller QC - Intellectual Property Bar Association
TBA - Employment Law Bar Association
Mr Mirza Ahmad - Bar Association for Local Government and the Public Service
Miss Julie Anderson - Bar European Group
Mr Stephen Bacon - Bar Association for Commerce Finance & Industry
Mr Jonathan Bellamy - London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association
Mr Ivor Collett - Professional Negligence Bar Association
Mr John Cooper - Criminal Bar Association
Miss Martha Cover - Family Law Bar Association
Mrs Gaynor Houghton-Jones - Society of Justice's Clerks
Mr Gregory Jones - The Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association
Ms Melanie McIntosh - Planning & Environment Bar Association
Mr Hefin Rees - Personal Injuries Bar Association
Mr Michael Sherry - Revenue Bar Association
Mr Kris Venkatasami - Crown Prosecution Service
Mr Mark Wilson - Government legal Service

Queen's Counsel
Mr David Etherington QC
Mrs Kim Hollis QC
Sir Ivan Lawrence QC
Mr Peter Lodder QC
Mr Richard Salter QC
Mr David Spens QC

Junior Counsel over 7 year's Call
Mr Nicholas Lavender QC
Mr Jonathan Small QC
Mr Zubair Ahmad
Mr Jeremy Barnett
Mr Marc Beaumont
Mr Paul Bogan
Mr Ian Bugg
Mr Thomas Crowther
Mr Timothy Devlin
Mrs Jean France-Hayhurst
Mr Adam Goodison
Mr Charles Hale
Mr Rex Howling
Miss Fiona Jackson
Mr Matthew Jewell
Miss Georgina Kent
Miss Taryn Lee
Mr Tom Little
Mr Fenner Moeran
Mr Pavlos Panayi
Mr Francis Sheridan
Mr Andrew P D Walker

Junior Counsel under 7 year's Call
Miss Charanjit Batt
Miss Julia Beer
Miss Poonam Bhari
Miss Michelle Harris
Mr Alexander Learmonth
Ms Eleanor Mawrey
Mr Faisal Osman
Miss Tahmina Rahman
Mr Kevin Toomey
Mr Samuel Townend
Ms Belle Turner
Miss Shelley White

Junior Counsel over 7 year's Call (Emp)
Mr Dominic Chandler
Mr Stephen Collier
Miss Melissa-Louise Coutino
Miss Tricia Howse CBE
Mrs Michele Parnell

Junior Counsel under 7 year's Call (Emp)
Mr Colin Andress
Mr Thomas Carpenter
Miss Joanne Hacking
Ms Karen Squibb-Williams

Co Opted Members
Mr Duncan Matthews QC