David Wurtzel talks to Nicholas Lavender QC, incoming Chairman of the Bar, about his new role and his plans for his year in office.
When I asked the 2014 Chairman of the Bar Council, Nicholas Lavender QC, why he wanted to be Chairman, he said, “For me, it was the culmination of a career involved in Bar politics.” He has combined this career with a busy practice in commercial work in which he specialises in actions for and against banks in negligent advice cases. As a former Chairman of the Professional Practice Committee, there can be few who better understand the ethical issues which face the profession. Noting that he is a member of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club and of the MCC, it would be fair to say that both literally and metaphorically, he plays with a straight bat.