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We expect to start seeking assessments around the end of May 2013.
Applications for the award of Queen’s Counsel in 2013-14
Applications closed on Wednesday 17 April 2013. We have now completed the process of recording and checking applications and are able to begin seeking assessments from assessors named by the applicants. In all 225 applications have been received. This compares to 183 applications in 2012, 216 applications in 2011, and 251 applications in 2010.
Statistical information about the current applications is as follows:
|
2013 |
|
2012 | 2011 | |||||
| Applicants declared male |
179 |
79% |
155 | 85% | 173 | 81% | ||
| Applicants declared female |
40 |
18% |
26 | 14% | 39 | 18% | ||
| Applicants declared white |
185 |
82% |
159 | 87% | 197 | 92% | ||
| Applicants declared ethnic background other than white |
31 |
14% |
21 | 11% | 15 | 7% | ||
| Applicants declaring a disability |
8 |
3% |
1 | 0.5% | 7 | 3% | ||
| Employed barristers |
5 |
2% |
3 | 1% | 3 | 1% | ||
| Solicitors |
7 |
3% |
2 | 1% | 2 | 1% |
Please note: not all applicants completed all the monitoring information. Where no information is provided the applicant has been omitted. Therefore figures may not add to 225 or equivalent figures in past years.
Broad fields of practice (NB: some applicants practice in more than one category):
| 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | |
| Civil | 159 | 131 | 150 |
| Criminal | 63 | 54 | 62 |
| Family | 17 | 9 | 12 |
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