Legal Personality

Tom Allen meets Edward Fitzgerald CBE QC—the thorn in the side of successive governments 

“You always hear him before you see him’’ warns the smiling receptionist at Doughty Street Chambers. “He’s not always great with time keeping, but don’t worry. We’ll find him.” She glances around. “He must be somewhere. Has anyone seen Edward?” People rummage through rooms, as if looking for a shoe or a belt but there is no immediate sign. Then a door slams, a voice booms and there is laughter. Edward Fitzgerald CBE QC has been located. 

Names: Alex Taylor and Paul Martenstyn 

Positions: Director of Clerking and Team Leader 

Chambers: Fountain Court 

Name: Nick Newman
Position: Senior Clerk
Chambers:  Cloth Fair Chambers 

Names: Iain Milligan QC and Brian Lee
Positions: Head of Chambers and Senior Clerk
Chambers: 20 Essex Street 

Name: Gerard Hickie
Position: Chief Executive
Chambers: Littleton Chambers 

David Wurtzel meets Sue Carr QC, Chairman of the Complaints Committee of the Bar Standards Board, and discovers how the new complaints procedure is working in practice 

Name: Christine Kings

Position: Commercial Director

Chambers: Outer Temple Chambers

Name: Joanna Poulton
Position: Chief Executive
Chambers: Landmark Chambers 

Martin Bowley QC charts the route of Robin Griffith-Jones, Master of the Temple at the Temple Church, from Westminster to the Temple, by way of Oxford, Calcutta, Cambridge and Liverpool 

Name: Peter Rouse
Position: Director
Company: Bar Select