The Selection Panel
The agreed Process provides for an independent Selection Panel, comprising a retired senior judge, senior barristers, senior solicitors and lay (not legally qualified) members. The Panel is chaired by a lay member. The members of the Selection Panel who will oversee the 2013-14 competition are:
For information about a member of the Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel please click on relevant name:
CHAIRMAN
> Helen Pitcher (Chairman – appointed 2012, appointed lay Panel member 2009)
MEMBERS
> Sir Alex Allan (lay/independent member) appointed 2013
> Sir Colin Budd (lay/independent member) appointed 2009
> Sir Alistair Graham (lay/independent member) appointed 2011
> Linda Lee (senior solicitor member) appointed 2011
> Sir Anthony May (retired senior judicial member) appointed 2012
>Frances Oldham QC (senior barrister member) appointed 2012
> Martin Mann QC (senior barrister member) appointed 2013
> Quinton Quayle (lay/independent member) appointed 2013
> Razi Shah (senior solicitor member) appointed 2009
The Panel Members for 2013-14 have declared interests which may be material to selecting and recommending appointment of potential Silks. These are set out in the Register of Panel Members’ Interests. A link to the Register is below.