Bar Council membership, meetings and minutes

Bar Council members 2023

NB: Paragraph 41a of the Standing Orders for Committees of the Bar Council states:

The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Bar are ex-officio members of all representative committees and any other committees appointed by the Bar Council except the BSB and its regulatory committees. Their membership does not contribute to the overall number of members.

 

Chair

Nick Vineall KC

Vice-Chair

Samuel Townend KC

Treasurer
Lorinda Long

 

Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MP – Attorney General

Rt Hon Michael Tomlinson KC MP – Solicitor General

Stephen Parkinson – Director of Public Prosecutions

 

Inns Representatives

Kirsty Brimelow KC– Gray’s Inn

Amanda Jepson – Gray’s Inn

Christina Michalos KC – Gray’s Inn

Minka Braun – Inner Temple

Saira Kabir Sheikh KC– Inner Temple

Simon Atkinson – Inner Temple

Melissa Coutino – Lincoln’s Inn

Linda Turnbull – Lincoln’s Inn

TBC – Lincoln’s Inn

Ruth Kirby KC – Middle Temple

Louise McCullough – Middle Temple

Guy Williamson – Middle Temple

 

Circuit Representatives 

Jaime Hamilton KC – Leader, Northern Circuit

Winston Hunter KC- Northern Circuit

Matthew Howarth- Northern Circuit

Jason Pitter KC – Leader, North Eastern Circuit

Gordon Stables – North Eastern Circuit

Kitty Colley- North Eastern Circuit

Jo Martin KC  – Leader, Western Circuit

Kate Lumsdon KC – Western Circuit

Susan Jones – Western Circuit

Michelle Heeley KC – Leader, Midland Circuit

Barbara Connolly KC – Midland Circuit

Lee Marklew – Midland Circuit

Leon Kazakos KC – Leader, South Eastern Circuit

Alex Matthews- South Eastern Circuit

Harry O’Sullivan – South Eastern Circuit

Caroline Rees KC– Leader, Wales and Chester Circuit

Owen Thomas KC – Wales and Chester Circuit

Cathrine Grubb- Wales and Chester Circuit

 

Association Representatives        

Hannah Markham KC – Chair, Family Law Bar Association

Andrew Twigger KC – Chair, Chancery Bar Association

Ben Lynch KC – Chair, London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association

Gaynor Wood – Chair, Bar Association for Commerce, Finance & Industry

David Joseph KC – Chair, Commercial Bar Association

Tana Adkin KC – Chair, Criminal Bar Association

Mary Prior KC - Criminal Bar Association

Zoe Saunders – Family Law Bar Association

Carl Brewin – London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association

David Bunting – Bar Association for Commerce Finance & Industry

Alex Gunning KC – Commercial Bar Association

Shobana Iyer – Intellectual Property Bar Association

Philip Moser KC – Bar European Group

Dilpreet Dhanoa – Revenue Bar Association

Luke Wygas – Technology & Construction Bar Association

Annabel Graham Paul – Planning & Environment Bar Association

Richard Honey KC – Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association

Ivor Collett – Professional Negligence Bar Association

Charlie Woodhouse KC – Personal Injuries Bar Association

Sean Jones KC – Employment Law Bar Association

Faisel Sadiq – Property Bar Association

Maddy Charlesworth, FDA-  Crown Prosecution Service Section

Vacant – Government Legal Service 

Dr Mirza Ahmad – Bar Association for Local Government and the Public Service

   

Elected: King's Counsel (Self-employed)

Barbara Mills KC

Jason Sugarman KC

Stephen Kenny KC

Samuel Townend KC

Neil Hawes KC

 

Elected: Junior Counsel over 7 years in practice (Self-employed)

Shazia Akhtar

Simon Anderson

Elaine Banton

Abigail Bright

Mark Chaloner

Benjamin Close

Celina Colquhoun

Sarah Fearon

James Keeley

Martyn McLeish

Francesca Perselli

John-Paul Swoboda

Leanne Targett-Parker

David Christopher Taylor

Sunny Virk

Anna Soubry

Natasha Shotunde

Sara Ibrahim

Paul Powlesland

James Paterson

Michael Polak

 

Elected: Junior Counsel under 7 years in practice (Self-employed)

Yaa Dankwa Ampadu-Sackey

Lorna Badham

Emma-Louise Heath

Joanne Kane

Yasmin Omotosho

Reagan Persaud

Kate Spence

Ellen Wright

Sean Summerfield

Anneka Jenns

Emma Walker

Shoshana Mitchell

 

Elected: Junior Counsel over 7 years in practice (Employed)

Stuart Alford KC

Sahar Farooqi

Mike Jones KC

Lucinda Orr

Rebecca Dix

Heidi Stonecliffe KC

Hannah Smith

Nick Cherryman

Simon Regis

 

Elected: Junior Counsel under 7 years in practice (Employed)

Paul Adams

Zayd Ahmed

Michael Bellis

Michael Harwood

Sarah Gerrard

Cait McDonagh

 

Co-opted Members

Jacob Hallam KC

Hugh Mercer KC

Samantha Singer

Philip Stott

Eleena Misra KC

Michael Bowsher KC