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
2023
Saturday 25 November 2023
Wednesday 6 December 2023
Bar Council minutes
21 January 2017
AGM minutes