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Appointment as King's Counsel is an office recognised by courts. Members in the UK have the privilege of sitting within the inner bar of court. As members wear silk gowns of a particular design, appointment as King's Counsel is known informally as taking silk and KCs are often colloquially called silks. [1]
A Queen's Counsel (post-nominal QC), or King's Counsel (post-nominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is recognized as an honorific. Appointments are made from within the legal profession based ...
A Queen's Counsel (post-nominal QC), or King's Counsel (post-nominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is recognised as an honorific. Appointments are made from within the legal profession on the ...
Scottish King's Counsel (183 P) W. Welsh King's Counsel (37 P) Pages in category "British King's Counsel" The following 182 pages are in this category, out of 182 total.
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Pages in category "English King's Counsel" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 645 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The office of King's Counsel was established in New Zealand in 1907. [1] During the reign of a male sovereign, appointees are called King's Counsel, and this applied from 1907 to 1952 during the reign of Edward VII (1907–1910), [2] George V (1910–1936), [3] Edward VIII (1936), [4] and George VI (1936–1952). [5]
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