MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
News Release (031/09) issued by COI News Distribution Service. 5
March 2009
Her Majesty The
Queen has approved the appointment of six Queen's Counsel
honoris causa. The full list is given below.
Honorary QC 2009
Philip Bernard Freedman CBE is a solicitor, member of the Law
Society's Conveyancing and Land Law Committee and author on
land law. He is appointed for his work developing the practical
aspects of property law.
Paul Christopher Jenkins is Her Majesty's Procurator
General, Treasury Solicitor and Head of the Government Legal
Service. He is appointed in recognition of his contribution to the
development of law and legal professionalism in government.
Professor John Tiley CBE is Professor of tax law and fellow of
Queens' College, Cambridge University, as well as a former
President of the Society of Legal Scholars. In 2003 he was awarded
a CBE for services to tax law and was admitted as a Fellow of the
British Academy in 2008. He is appointed in recognition of his
role in teaching, researching and developing tax law as an area of
academic study.
David Angus McIntosh is a solicitor, past President of the Law
Society of England and Wales and Chair of the City of London Law
Society. He is appointed in recognition of his contribution to the
Legal Profession, particularly the fostering of strong relations
between the City firms and the Law Society through the City of
London Law Society.
His Honour Judge Abbas Mithani is a Circuit Judge, Honorary
Professor of Law at Birmingham University and Visiting Professor
of Law at Newcastle University. He is appointed in recognition of
his academic work, in particular in relation to Islamic probate
and succession law in the context of the law of England and Wales.
Philip Richard Wood is a solicitor, a Visiting Professor at the
University of Oxford, University of London, London School of
Economics and Political Science as well as a Yorke Distinguished
Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge. He is appointed in
recognition of his work in the field of international financial law.
Notes for editors
1. A small selection panel considered nominations made by the
legal professions and made recommendations to the Lord Chancellor.
The Lord Chancellor satisfied himself that the panel's
recommendations were consistent with the high standards of the
honorary QC rank, and passed the recommendations to Her Majesty.
2. The award of Queen's Counsel honoris causa is made to
lawyers who have made a major contribution to the law of England
& Wales outside practice in the courts. It is not a
"working" rank and cannot be used by the holders in
practice as an advocate.
3. Awards of honorary QC were in abeyance while the interim
scheme for the substantive rank was being developed and operated.
This is the third round of appointments since that scheme was
announced in July 2006.
4. Honorary QC awards will be made at the QC appointment ceremony
to be held in Westminster Hall on 30 March. The ceremony is invitation-only.
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