Legal Personality

Lord Justice Leveson explains the work of the new Sentencing Council 

Name: Andrew Argyle
Position: CEO
Chambers:  Zenith Chambers 

David Wurtzel meets Lord Justice Laws, the 2010 Master Treasurer of Inner Temple, and finds philosophy, politics and the law are closely interrelated 

Name: Ann Buxton
Position: CEO
Chambers: Hardwicke 

Names: Mark Ellison QC and Martin Secrett
Positions: Criminal/Fraud Silk and Senior Clerk
Chambers: QEB Hollis Whiteman 

Name: Timothy Scott QC     Position: Family Law Silk 

Name: Laura Heaton            Position: Family Law Barrister / Finance Director 

Chambers: 29 Bedford Row 

Name: Alan Austin
Position: Senior Clerk 

Chambers: 9 Stone Buildings 

David Wurtzel begins his introduction of the lay members of the Bar Standards Board 

Because they are not elected—although they are appointed in accordance with Nolan principles—the lay members of the Bar Standards Broad (“BSB”) have tended to be remote from ordinary barristers both in terms of what they do and of who they are. Counsel therefore decided to begin to introduce the lay members to its readership. There are seven lay members (including the Chair, Baroness Ruth Deech) on the BSB who are (in alphabetical order): Mrs Sarah Brown; Dr John Carrier; Ms Paula Diggle; Dr Vicki Harris; Professor Peter Hutton; and Richard Thompson OBE. David Wurtzel, Counsel’s Consultant Editor, met three of them in January and February 2010. 

David Wurtzel meets Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, the Vice-Chairman of the Bar Standards Board and discovers  it is a wise regulator who knows his own profession 

Name: Chris Owen 

Position: CEO 

Chambers: St Philips