International Committee
Executive: Natalie Darby
Chair: Marion Smith KC– 39 Essex Chambers
Vice-Chair: Charles Hale KC- 4 Paper Building Chamber
Vice-Chair: David Josse KC– 5SAH
Vice-Chair: Frederico Singarajah – Gatehouse Chambers
Members:
Adrian Berry KC – Garden Court Chambers
Charles Hale KC - 4PB
David Jose KC - 5 St Andrew's Hill
Simon Milnes KC– Twenty Essex Chambers
Alex Potts KC - 4 Pump Court
James Potts KC - Erskine Chambers
Marion Smith KC - 39 Essex Chambers
Simon Astill – 3 Paper Buildings (CEO)
Rory Brown - South Square
Pedro Caro de Sousa - European Commission
Sydney Chawatama – 1 Crown Office Row
Fahrid Chishty - G37 Chambers
Thomas Francis - Curtis, Mallet-prevost, Colt & Mosle Llp
Sarah Gaunt - 2 Hare court Buildings
Birgitte Hagem – CPS
Alex Haines – Outer Temple Chambers
Naomi Hart - Essex Court
Sara Ibrahim - Gatehouse Chambers
Amrit Kaur Dhanoa - 4-5 Gray's Inn Square
Katie Lines - 4-5 Gray's Inn Square
Tetyana Nesterchuk – Fountain Court Chambers
Michael Polak - Church Court Chambers
Baldip Singh - No5 Barristers’Chambers
Frederico Singarajah - Gatehouse Chambers
Andrew Stevens – 4 Pump Court
Alastair Tomson – 4 Stone Buildings
Nancy Williams - Doughty Street Chambers
Sarah Williams - Forsters LLP
Steven Wright – 187 Chambers
The Terms of Reference of the Committee are:
a. To promote the standing and the interests of the Bar internationally;
b. To support the rule of law internationally;
c. To keep abreast of international developments;
d. To inform and educate the Bar about international developments and opportunities;
e. To further the objectives above by cooperation between the Bar and legal professions abroad and by participation in the work of international legal associations and professional bodies;
f. To influence international legal developments;
g. To support the strategic aims of the Bar Council as published.
Chair: Fergus Randolph KC
Originally set up in 2016 as the Future Relationship Working Group to examine practice rights issues post-Brexit, it became the ITWG after the UK-EU relationship was settled, and its terms of reference are:
- To inquire into international legal services trade and market access questions referred by the IC or of its own initiative, and provide expert advice and, where appropriate, offer policy proposals, to IC and Bar Council leadership
- To identify opportunities for the Bar, including but not limited to those arising from the UK's ongoing trade discussions, for the IC to launch or renew engagement with underexplored markets