Bar Council membership, meetings and minutes

Bar Council members 2024

The Bar Council comprises members who represent the main sections of the profession. The role of Bar Council members is to represent their 'constituency' by collating and relaying their views at Bar Council meetings and/or disseminating relevant non-confidential Bar Council information to them. Read the full Bar Council member role profile.

Chair
Samuel Townend KC

Vice-Chair
Barbara Mills KC

Treasurer
Lorinda Long

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. (Paragraph 41a of the standing orders for committees)

The Rt Hon the Lord Richard Hermer KC – Attorney General

Sarah Sackman 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

Emma Southern – Lincoln’s Inn

Ruth Kirby KC – Middle Temple

Richard Wright KC – Middle Temple

Guy Williamson – Middle Temple

 

Circuit Representatives 

Jaime Hamilton KC – Leader, Northern Circuit

Winston Hunter KC- Northern Circuit

Andrew Howe - Northern Circuit

Jason Pitter KC – Leader, North Eastern Circuit

Nicholas Johnson KC – North Eastern Circuit

Jasmine Chen - North Eastern Circuit

Jo Martin KC  – Leader, Western Circuit

Kate Lumsdon KC – Western Circuit

Susan Jones – Western Circuit

Harpreet Sandhu 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

Madeline Deasy – 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        

James Roberts KC – Chair, Family Law Bar Association

Ian Clarke KC – Chair, Chancery Bar Association

Adam Baradon KC – Chair, London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association

Gaynor Wood – Chair, Bar Association for Commerce, Finance & Industry

Alex Gunning KC – Chair, Commercial Bar Association

Mary Prior KC – Chair, Criminal Bar Association

Riel Karmy-Jones KC- Criminal Bar Association representative

Rory Brown- Chancery Bar Association representative

Tahmina Rahman – Family Law Bar Association representative

tbc – London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association representative

David Bunting – Bar Association for Commerce Finance & Industry

Henry King KC – Commercial Bar  Association representative

Shobana Iyer – Intellectual Property Bar Association representative

Philip Moser KC – Bar European Group representative

Dilpreet Dhanoa – Revenue Bar Association representative

Luke Wygas – Technology & Construction Bar Association representative

Stephanie Hall – Planning & Environment Bar Association representative

Richard Honey KC – Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association representative

Ivor Collett – Professional Negligence Bar Association representative

Charlie Woodhouse KC – Personal Injuries Bar Association representative

Sean Jones KC – Employment Law Bar Association representative

Faisel Sadiq – Property Bar Association representative

Maddy Charlesworth, FDA-  Crown Prosecution Service Section representative

TBC – Government Legal Service representative

Dr Mirza Ahmad – Bar Association for Local Government and the Public Service representative

   

Elected: Self-employed King's Counsel 

Deshpal Panesar KC

Fenner Moeran KC

Tony Singla KC

Samuel Townend KC

Stephen Kenny KC

Barbara Mills KC

 

Elected: Self-employed Juniors over seven years in practice 

Anton van Dellen

Asad Maqsood

Daniel Sheridan

Elaine Banton

John-Paul Swoboda

Philip Stott

Shobana Iyer

Shazia Akhtar

Abigail Bright

Celina Colquhoun

Martyn McLeish

Sunny Virk

Leanne Targett- Parker

Sarah Fearon

Anna Soubry

Natasha Shotunde

Sara Ibrahim

Paul Powlesland

James Paterson

David Christopher Taylor

Michael Polak

 

Elected: Self-employed Juniors under seven years in practice

Alice Hands

Amrit Dhanoa

Anushka Kangesu

Emma Hughes

Matthew Keliris-Thomas

Ellen Wright

Yaa Dankwa Ampadu-Sackey

Yasmin Omotosho

Reagan Persaud

Sean Summerfield

Emma Walker

Shoshana Mitchell

 

Elected: Employed KC or Juniors over seven years in practice

Lucinda Orr

Peter Grieves-Smith

Rebecca Dix

Hannah Smith

Sahar Farooqi

Mike Jones KC

Nick Cherryman KC

Simon Regis

Heidi Stonecliffe KC

 

Elected: Employed Juniors under seven years in practice 

Aoife Kennedy

Brittany Buckell

Paul Adams

Michael Harwood

Sarah Gerrard

Cait McDonagh

 

Co-opted Members

Jacob Hallam KC

Hugh Mercer KC

Samantha Singer

Eleena Misra KC

Michael Bowsher KC