Bar Council Officers 2012
5 May 2011
The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and
Wales, has announced the appointment of its future Chairman and
Treasurer, following election by fellow Council members. They
are:
- Chairman-elect: Michael Todd QC
- Treasurer-elect: Stephen Collier.
Both will take up their new posts in January 2012. Until then,
Todd will continue to serve as Vice Chairman of the Bar Council. A
Vice Chairman-elect will be elected in due course.
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Notes to Editors
1. Michael Todd QC has been Vice Chairman of the Bar Council since
January 2011, and is a former Chairman of the Chancery Bar
Association. He has a company law practice at Erskine Chambers,
where he is Head of Chambers. Todd was called to the Bar in 1977
and took silk in 1997. He has been listed in the Times' 'Power
100', and has been described as "one of the first people to call
for legal advice on complex restructurings and contested
takeovers". He also has extensive international experience, having
been called to the Bars of Hong Kong, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Isle
of Man, Turks & Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands and
Northern Ireland.
2. Stephen Collier is General Counsel of General Healthcare Group,
one of the largest privately owned companies in Britain. He was
called to the Bar in 1980 and after a period in chambers worked as
a corporate counsel. In 1988 he moved to Glasgow to become Chief
Executive of Ross Hall Hospital, before working on the boards of
hospitals in Sweden and Denmark in the 1990s. He has since returned
to a legal role, but continues to work in corporate strategy and
clinical governance. He also serves as Chairman of CARE
Fertility.
3. Further information from the Bar Council Press Office on 020
7222 2525.
4. The General Council of the Bar is the Approved Regulator of the
Bar of England and Wales. It discharges its regulatory functions
through the independent Bar Standards Board. It represents the Bar
by:
- Promoting the specialist advocacy and advisory services of
barristers;
- Ensuring access to justice on terms that are fair both to the
public and practitioners;
- Promoting the high quality training and professional
development of all barristers to ensure the highest standards of
practice and ethical behaviour;
- Working for the efficient and cost-effective administration of
justice;
- Encouraging access to, and diversity within, the profession so
that it is open to all people of ability whatever their background;
and
- Strengthening and developing the work and the values of the Bar
at home and abroad.