Completed Competitions
This section contains information about recent competitions. There is a summary of the competition including the number of applicants and competition dates.
There are also links to a list of successful applicants, a report from the Selection Panel, and an outline of How the Panel Approaches its Task.
The 2009-10 Competition
The names of the new Queen’s Counsel, who were successful in the 2009-10 competition, were publicly announced on Friday 26 February 2010.
129 Queen’s Counsel were appointed from 275 applicants. The full list of appointments, the Selection Panel’s Report on the 2009-10 competition (including monitoring information and statistics) and a document setting out how the Panel went about its task can be found below.
> List of successful applicants February 2010
> Report of the QC Selection Panel for England and Wales 2009-10
> How the Panel Approaches its Task
INTERVIEWS 2009-10
Interviews for the 2009-10 competition were held in London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Leeds and Manchester.
The 2008-09 Competition
The 2008-09 Competition attracted 247 applicants. Applications closed on 3rd April 2008, and 104 appointments were announced on 19th February 2009.
The following is a list of those appointed:
> List of successful applicants February 2009
Correction to the 2008-09 List: The broad field of practice of Bruce Conrad Carr is Civil Law.
The following is a report from the Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel on the 2008-09 competition:
The 2007-08 Competition
The 2007-08 Competition attracted 333 applicants. Applications closed on 29th January 2007 and 98 appointments were announced on 22nd January 2008.
The following is a list of those appointed:
The following is a report from the Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel on the 2007-08 competition.
(Please note: errors in the tables on pages 6-8 of the QC Selection Panel’s report have been corrected on 25 January 2008.)