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(June 2024)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:QC_Court_robes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/QC_Court_robes.jpg/240px-QC_Court_robes.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="368" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/QC_Court_robes.jpg/360px-QC_Court_robes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/QC_Court_robes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="614" /></a><figcaption>A 1903 caricature of King's Counsel <a href="/wiki/Robert_McCall_(barrister)" title="Robert McCall (barrister)">Robert McCall</a>, wearing his court robes at the Bar of England and Wales. For court, he wears a short wig, and <a href="/wiki/Bands_(neckwear)" title="Bands (neckwear)">bands</a> instead of lace at the collar, but he retains the silk gown and court tailcoat worn on ceremonial occasions.</figcaption></figure> A King's Counsel (<a href="/wiki/Post-nominal_letters" title="Post-nominal letters">post-nominal initials</a> KC) is a senior <a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">lawyer</a> appointed by the monarch (or their <a href="/wiki/Viceroy" title="Viceroy">viceregal</a> representative) of some <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realms</a> as a "Counsel learned in the law". When the reigning monarch is a woman, the title is Queen's Counsel (QC). The position originated in England and Wales. Some Commonwealth countries have retained the designation, while others have either abolished the position or renamed it so as to remove monarchical connotations — for example, "<a href="/wiki/Senior_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Counsel">Senior Counsel</a>" or "Senior Advocate". Appointment as King's Counsel is an office recognised by <a href="/wiki/Court" title="Court">courts</a>. Members in the UK have the privilege of sitting within the inner <a href="/wiki/Bar_(law)" title="Bar (law)">bar</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Appointments are made from within the legal profession on the basis of merit and not a particular level of experience. Successful applicants are normally <a href="/wiki/Barrister" title="Barrister">barristers</a>, or in Scotland, <a href="/wiki/Advocate" title="Advocate">advocates</a>, with at least 15 years of experience. In most Canadian jurisdictions, the designation is regulated by formal statute, such as, for example, "King's Counsel Act" of British Columbia, that requires the candidates to have a minimum five years of experience, and to have made an outstanding contribution to the practice of law with high professional standards and good character and repute.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_origins_in_England_and_Wales">Historical origins in England and Wales</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Historical origins in England and Wales">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_background">Historical background</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical background">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Ballantine_Vanity_Fair_5_March_1870_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/William_Ballantine_Vanity_Fair_5_March_1870_%28crop%29.jpg/240px-William_Ballantine_Vanity_Fair_5_March_1870_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="384" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/William_Ballantine_Vanity_Fair_5_March_1870_%28crop%29.jpg/360px-William_Ballantine_Vanity_Fair_5_March_1870_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/William_Ballantine_Vanity_Fair_5_March_1870_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="372" data-file-height="595" /></a><figcaption>Caricature of Serjeant <a href="/wiki/William_Ballantine" title="William Ballantine">William Ballantine</a> SL wearing <a href="/wiki/Court_dress" title="Court dress">court dress</a>. The extremely small skullcap on the very top of the wig is a vestigal <a href="/wiki/Coif" title="Coif">coif</a>, worn only by <a href="/wiki/Serjeant-at-law" title="Serjeant-at-law">serjeants-at-law</a>. Caption reads "He resisted the temptation to cross-examine a <a href="/wiki/Prince_du_sang" title="Prince du sang">Prince of the blood</a>"; Vanity Fair, 5 March 1870</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">attorney general</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Solicitor General for England and Wales">solicitor-general</a> and <a href="/wiki/Serjeant-at-law" title="Serjeant-at-law">king's serjeants</a> were King's Counsel in Ordinary in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">Kingdom of England</a>. The first Queen's Counsel Extraordinary was Sir <a href="/wiki/Francis_Bacon" title="Francis Bacon">Francis Bacon</a>, who was given a patent giving him precedence at the Bar in 1597, and formally styled King's Counsel in 1603.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> The right of precedence before the Court granted to Bacon became a hallmark of the early King's Counsel. True to their name, King's and Queen's Counsel initially were representatives of the Crown. The right of precedence and pre-audience bestowed upon them – a form of seniority that allowed them to address the court before others – allowed for the swift resolution of Crown litigation.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> The new rank of King's Counsel contributed to the gradual obsolescence of the formerly more senior <a href="/wiki/Serjeant-at-law" title="Serjeant-at-law">serjeant-at-law</a> by superseding it. The attorney-general and solicitor-general had similarly succeeded the king's serjeants as leaders of the Bar in <a href="/wiki/House_of_Tudor" title="House of Tudor">Tudor</a> times, though not technically senior until 1623, except for the two senior king's serjeants, and 1813, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> King's Counsel came to prominence during the early 1830s, prior to which they were relatively few in number. It became the standard means to recognise a <a href="/wiki/Barrister" title="Barrister">barrister</a> as a senior member of the profession, and the numbers multiplied accordingly.<a href="#cite_note-duman-7">[7]</a> It became of greater professional importance to become a KC, and the serjeants gradually declined. The KCs inherited the prestige of the serjeants and their priority before the courts. The earliest English law list, published in 1775, lists 165 members of the Bar, of whom 14 were King's Counsel, a proportion of about 8.5%. As of 2010<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit">[update]</a> roughly the same proportion existed, though the number of barristers had increased to about 12,250 in independent practice (i.e., excluding pupil barristers and employed barristers).<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> In 1839, the number of Queen's Counsel was seventy.<a href="#cite_note-104LT98-9">[9]</a> In 1882, the number of Queen's Counsel was 187.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> The list of Queen's Counsel in the Law List of 1897 gave the names of 238,<a href="#cite_note-104LT98-9">[9]</a> of whom hardly one third appeared to be in actual practice.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> In 1959, the number of practising Queen's Counsel was 181.<a href="#cite_note-HCDeb6Mar1989-12">[12]</a> In each of the five years up to 1970, the number of practising Queen's Counsel was 208, 209, 221, 236 and 262, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> In each of the years 1973 to 1978, the number of practising Queen's Counsel was 329, 345, 370, 372, 384 and 404, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> In 1989, the number of practising Queen's Counsel was 601.<a href="#cite_note-HCDeb6Mar1989-12">[12]</a> In each of the years 1991 to 2000, the number of practising Queen's Counsel was 736, 760, 797, 845, 891, 925, 974, 1006, 1043, and 1072, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> In the 19th century in England, the position was primarily one of rank within the profession, giving the holder certain rights and privileges in the courts. They were ranked as senior counsel, and took precedence in argument after the Attorney General and the Solicitor General of England. Barristers who were not King's (or Queen's) Counsel were termed <a href="/wiki/Junior_barrister" title="Junior barrister">junior barristers</a>, and followed senior barristers in argument. King's (or Queen's) Counsel normally always appeared in courts with a junior barrister, and led the direction of the case. The junior barrister on a case could not disagree with the direction determined by the senior barrister.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> On colonial appeals to the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council" title="Judicial Committee of the Privy Council">Judicial Committee of the Privy Council</a>, established in 1833, the rule originally was that the case had to be led by a Queen's Counsel from England, even if the colonial counsel held the same rank in the colonial courts. This rule was not eliminated until 1884, half a century after the establishment of the Judicial Committee.<a href="#cite_note-Halsbury651-17">[17]</a> Gradually, the appointment as King's Counsel or Queen's Counsel shifted from a vocational calling to a badge of honour and prestige. In 1898, <a href="/wiki/William_Watson,_Baron_Watson" title="William Watson, Baron Watson">Lord Watson</a> noted in his opinion in Attorney General of the Dominion of Canada v. Attorney General for the Province of Ontario, writing on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_Committee_of_the_Privy_Council" title="Judicial Committee of the Privy Council">Judicial Committee of the Privy Council</a>, that: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">The exact position occupied by a Queen's Counsel duly appointed is a subject which might admit of a good deal of discussion. It is in the nature of an office under the Crown, although any duties which it entails are almost as unsubstantial as its emoluments; and it is also in the nature of an honour or dignity to this extent, that it is a mark and recognition by the Sovereign of the professional eminence of the counsel upon whom it is conferred.<a href="#cite_note-bailii.org-18">[18]</a> </blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Restrictions">Restrictions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Restrictions">edit</a>]</div> Until the late 19th century, some barristers were granted a <a href="/wiki/Patent_of_precedence" title="Patent of precedence">patent of precedence</a> in order to obtain the same precedence as a KC without the concomitant restrictions. King's Counsel were originally considered an <a href="/wiki/Office_of_profit" title="Office of profit">office of profit</a> and hence, under the <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Settlement_1701" title="Act of Settlement 1701">Act of Settlement 1701</a>, incompatible with membership of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>.<a href="#cite_note-jstor44505852-19">[19]</a> KCs were also required to take the <a href="/wiki/Oath_of_Supremacy" title="Oath of Supremacy">Oath of Supremacy</a>, which <a href="/wiki/Daniel_O%27Connell" title="Daniel O'Connell">Daniel O'Connell</a> refused as a <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Ireland" title="Catholic Church in Ireland">Roman Catholic</a>. Despite being the most prominent and best-paid barrister in Ireland, he was a junior counsel for 30 years until granted a patent of precedence in 1831.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> From the beginning, KCs were not allowed to appear against <a href="/wiki/The_Crown" title="The Crown">the Crown</a> without a special licence, but this was generally given as a formality. This stipulation was particularly important in criminal cases, which are mostly brought in the name of the Crown. The result was that, until 1920 in <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a>, KCs had to have a licence to appear in criminal cases for the defence. King's Counsel and serjeants were prohibited, at least from the mid-nineteenth century, from drafting <a href="/wiki/Pleading" title="Pleading">pleadings</a> alone; a junior barrister had to be retained. They could not appear in judges' chambers or inferior courts, either, other than in exceptional cases. They were not permitted to appear in court without a junior barrister, and they had to have <a href="/wiki/Barristers%27_chambers" title="Barristers' chambers">barristers' chambers</a> in London.<a href="#cite_note-duman-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-Halsbury651-17">[17]</a> These restrictions had a number of consequences: they made the taking of silk something of a professional risk, because the appointment abolished some of the staple work of the junior barrister; they made the use of leading counsel more expensive, and therefore ensured that they were retained only in more important cases; and they protected the work of the junior bar, which could not be excluded by the retention of leading counsel. By the end of the twentieth century, however, all of these rules had been abolished. Appointment as QC has been said to be a matter of status and prestige only, with no formal disadvantages.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> In the 21st century, King's Counsel continue to have the seniority in audience, following the Attorney General and the Solicitor General. It is still the rule that junior counsel must follow the lead of senior counsel in pleading a case, and cannot depart from senior counsel's approach to the issues.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women_appointed">Women appointed</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Women appointed">edit</a>]</div> The first woman appointed King's Counsel was <a href="/wiki/Helen_Kinnear" title="Helen Kinnear">Helen Kinnear</a> in Canada in 1934.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> The first women to be appointed as King's Counsel in England and Wales were <a href="/wiki/Helena_Normanton" title="Helena Normanton">Helena Normanton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rose_Heilbron" title="Rose Heilbron">Rose Heilbron</a> in 1949. They were preceded by <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Kidd" title="Margaret Kidd">Margaret Kidd</a> KC (later Dame Margaret Kidd QC) appointed a KC in Scotland in 1948.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> In Australia, the first QC appointed was <a href="/wiki/Roma_Mitchell" title="Roma Mitchell">Roma Mitchell</a>, appointed 1962, who later became the first female <a href="/wiki/Justice" title="Justice">Justice</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_South_Australia" title="Supreme Court of South Australia">Supreme Court of South Australia</a> (1965), and then the first female Acting Chief Justice. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_developments_in_the_United_Kingdom">Recent developments in the United Kingdom</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Recent developments in the United Kingdom">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a>. 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In 1995, these solicitors became entitled to apply for appointment as Queen's Counsel. The first two solicitors were appointed on 27 March 1997, out of 68 new QCs. These were Arthur Marriott, partner in the London office of the <a href="/wiki/Wilmer_Cutler_Pickering_Hale_and_Dorr" title="Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr">Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Collins,_Baron_Collins_of_Mapesbury" title="Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury">Lawrence Collins</a>, a partner in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a> law firm <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Smith" title="Herbert Smith">Herbert Smith</a>. Collins was subsequently appointed a <a href="/wiki/High_Court_judge_(England_and_Wales)" title="High Court judge (England and Wales)">High Court judge</a> and ultimately a <a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> The appointment of new Queen's Counsel was suspended in 2003, and it was widely expected that the system would be abolished. However, a vigorous campaign was mounted in defence of the system. Supporters included those who considered it as an independent indication of excellence to those (especially foreign commercial litigants) who did not have much else to go on,<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> and those who contended that it was a means whereby the most able barristers from ethnic minorities could advance and overcome prejudice as well as better represent members of an increasingly diverse society.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> The government's focus switched from abolition to reform and, in particular, reform of the much-criticised "secret soundings" of judges and other establishment legal figures upon which the old system was based. This was held to be inappropriate and unfair given the size of the modern profession, as well as a possible source of improper government patronage (since the final recommendations were made by the Lord Chancellor, who is a member of the government), and discriminatory against part-time workers, women, and ethnic minorities.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In November 2004, after much public debate in favour of and against retaining the title,<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> the government announced that appointments of Queen's Counsel in England would be resumed but that future appointees would be chosen not by the government but by a nine-member panel, the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel_Selection_Panel" title="King's Counsel Selection Panel">Queen's Counsel Selection Panel</a>,<a href="#cite_note-qcpanel-31">[31]</a> chaired by a lay person, to include two barristers, two solicitors, one retired judge, and three non-lawyers. Formally, the appointment remains a royal one made on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chancellor" title="Lord Chancellor">Lord Chancellor</a>, but without comment on individual applications. The Lord Chancellor supervises the process and reviews the panel's recommendations in general terms (to be satisfied that the process as operated is fair and efficient). Application forms under the new system were released in July 2005 and the appointment of 175 new Queen's Counsel was announced on 20 July 2006. A total of 443 people had applied (including 68 women, 24 ethnic minority lawyers, and 12 solicitors). Of the 175 appointed, 33 were women, 10 were ethnic minorities, and four were solicitors. Six people were also appointed QC honoris causa.<a href="#cite_note-MoJ_Aug07-32">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Northern_Ireland">Northern Ireland</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Northern Ireland">edit</a>]</div> The title of KC continues to be used. In 1998 two Northern Ireland barristers (<a href="/wiki/Seamus_Treacy" title="Seamus Treacy">Seamus Treacy</a> and Barry Macdonald) opposed the requirement of swearing an oath of allegiance to the Crown. The Bar Council, the body which represents barristers' interests, had agreed, in the Elliott Report, that the royal oath should be dropped and replaced by a more neutral statement. It suggested that, instead of declaring services to Queen Elizabeth, barristers should "sincerely promise and declare that I will well and truly serve all whom I may lawfully be called to serve in the office of one of Her Majesty's Counsel, learned in the law according to the best of my skill and understanding".<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute">dubious</a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:King%27s_Counsel#Northern_Ireland" title="Talk:King's Counsel">discuss</a>] In 1997, the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chief_Justice_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland">Lord Chief Justice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Carswell,_Baron_Carswell" title="Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell">Sir Robert Carswell</a>, wrote "I have little doubt myself that this is all part of an ongoing politically-based campaign to have the office of Queen's Counsel replaced by a rank entitled Senior Counsel, or something to that effect".<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> In 2000, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Northern_Ireland_High_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northern Ireland High Court (page does not exist)">Northern Ireland High Court</a> ruled in the barristers' favour. After more wrangling, the barristers were permitted to make "a more neutral statement" of commitment to principles.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute">dubious</a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:King%27s_Counsel#Northern_Ireland" title="Talk:King's Counsel">discuss</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scotland">Scotland</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Scotland">edit</a>]</div> The independent bar is organised as the <a href="/wiki/Faculty_of_Advocates" title="Faculty of Advocates">Faculty of Advocates</a> and its members are known not as barristers but as advocates. The position of Queen's Counsel was not recognised before 1868. The Scottish bar did have a concept of senior counsel before the introduction of the formal rank of Queen's Counsel. An advocate would self-declare that they were 'giving up writing', meaning that they would no longer draft pleadings and move onto a supervisory role in litigation. In practice this meant that the practitioner would review and revise the written pleadings of their junior.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> Initially the status of QC was reserved first for law officers (<a href="/wiki/Lord_Advocate" title="Lord Advocate">Lord Advocate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland" title="Solicitor General for Scotland">Solicitor General for Scotland</a>) and soon after for the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates. In 1897, a petition by the Faculty of Advocates for the establishment of a Scottish roll of Queen's Counsel was approved, and the names of the first appointees were published in the Edinburgh Gazette on September 3, 1897.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> By decision of <a href="/wiki/James_Robertson,_Baron_Robertson" title="James Robertson, Baron Robertson">Lord President Robertson</a>, these first Scottish Queen's Counsel were not required to make a declaration not to act against the Crown, and so Scottish King's Counsel have never been required to obtain a licence to plead in order to do so.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> In 2005, there were more than 150 QCs in Scotland.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> The appointment of King's Counsel is made on the recommendation of the <a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Court_of_Session" title="Lord President of the Court of Session">Lord Justice General</a> to the <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister of Scotland</a>, formerly the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Secretary of State for Scotland">Secretary of State for Scotland</a>. In the 1990s, rules were changed so that solicitors with rights of audience in the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Session" title="Court of Session">Court of Session</a> or High Court of Justiciary were permitted to apply for appointment, and two or three have done so. A solicitor advocate who is so appointed is designated as King's Counsel, Solicitor Advocate. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Honoris_causa">Honoris causa</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Honoris causa">edit</a>]</div> An award of King's Counsel honoris causa (honorary KC) may be made to lawyers who have made a major contribution to the law of England and Wales but who operate outside court practice.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-sixthformlaw1-42">[42]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Courtesy_appointments_for_Members_of_Parliament">Courtesy appointments for Members of Parliament</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Courtesy appointments for Members of Parliament">edit</a>]</div> Until the 1990s there was a practice that sitting members of the UK Parliament (MPs) who were barristers were appointed QC, if they wished, on reaching a certain level of seniority of around fifteen years at the bar. Such appointments were sometimes known as "courtesy" or even "false" silk, and also as "nylons". In the 1990s, it was felt that the practice of granting silk to MPs in this way, without considering their abilities, devalued the rank and the practice was abolished.<a href="#cite_note-sixthformlaw1-42">[42]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>] However, for now the practice persists for law officers of the Crown.<a href="#cite_note-Sixth-43">[43]</a> Former <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Attorney General for England and Wales">Attorney General for England and Wales</a> <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Wright" title="Jeremy Wright">Jeremy Wright</a> was not a QC when he was appointed, a subject which attracted some comment.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Despite not having practised law for some time, Wright took silk shortly after his appointment, which was criticised by some as a breach of the protocol against "courtesy silk".<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> Similarly when <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a> was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Solicitor General for England and Wales">Solicitor General</a> she was made a QC. <a href="/wiki/Suella_Braverman" title="Suella Braverman">Suella Braverman</a> took silk on 25 February 2020; earlier that month she had, like Wright, been appointed Attorney General. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II">Death of Queen Elizabeth II</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Death of Queen Elizabeth II">edit</a>]</div> Upon the <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Queen Elizabeth II">death of Queen Elizabeth II</a> and the succession of <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a>, the <a href="/wiki/General_Council_of_the_Bar" title="General Council of the Bar">General Council of the Bar</a> wrote that all QC titles changed to KC "with immediate effect".<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> This was not a matter of decision by the Bar Council, nor by the Crown Office. It is the automatic effect of the <a href="/wiki/Demise_of_the_Crown_Act_1901" title="Demise of the Crown Act 1901">Demise of the Crown Act 1901</a>, s 1.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Countries_that_retain_the_designation">Countries that retain the designation</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Countries that retain the designation">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a>. 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The selection process varies from state to state. In <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, for example, the process involves a committee made up of senior members of the State's bar, and usually a non-practising former barrister such as a retired judge. The committee then consults with judges, peers, and law firms on the applicant's suitability for the position. The selection committee deliberates in private, and reasons for the decisions are not published. From 1993, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Government" title="Australian Government">Commonwealth</a> and most <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">state and territory</a> governments began to replace the title of Queen's Counsel and appointment by <a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">letters patent</a> with the title <a href="/wiki/Senior_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Counsel">Senior Counsel</a> as an honorific conferred by the legal profession, a trend that would reverse in the 2010s. There is no difference in status between a King's Counsel and a Senior Counsel.<a href="#cite_note-:0-48">[48]</a> The first states to change to the title of Senior Counsel were New South Wales in 1993<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> in 1994.<a href="#cite_note-qcr-50">[50]</a> Most other states and the Commonwealth Government followed over the next 15 years, including the ACT in 1995,<a href="#cite_note-ACT-24-09-2001-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)">Victoria</a> in 2000,<a href="#cite_note-Age-17Dec09-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-SCV-12September2007-54">[54]</a> <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> in 2001,<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a> in 2005,<a href="#cite_note-norepublic.com.au-56">[56]</a> and South Australia in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a>, the rank of King's Counsel was never formally abolished, but in 2007 the rules of the Territory's Supreme Court were amended to facilitate the appointment of Senior Counsel by the Chief Justice.<a href="#cite_note-norepublic.com.au-56">[56]</a> Those appointed QC before the change in each jurisdiction were permitted to retain the old title. In the 2010s, some states moved to revert to the old title of Queen's Counsel. In 2013, Queensland restored the rank of Queen's Counsel.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> Those appointed Senior Counsel before the reintroduction of Queen's Counsel were given the option of retaining their old title or seeking appointment as Queen's Counsel, while all new appointments would be as Queen's Counsel only. Of the 74 Senior Counsel appointed in Queensland before the reintroduction of Queen's Counsel in June 2013, only four opted to retain their title of Senior Counsel.<a href="#cite_note-sdor-59">[59]</a> In 2014, Victoria also restored the rank of Queen's Counsel,<a href="#cite_note-vicbar.com.au-60">[60]</a> by way of making new appointments first as Senior Counsel, but then giving the option to seek appointment as Queen's Counsel by letters patent.<a href="#cite_note-vicbar.com.au-60">[60]</a> In 2019, the <a href="/wiki/South_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="South Australian">South Australian</a> Government announced it was also going to reinstate the title of Queen's Counsel, and most eligible took the opportunity.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> The Commonwealth appointed Queen's Counsel until March 2007. On 8 July 2010, <a href="/wiki/Gillard_government" title="Gillard government">Gillard government</a> Attorney-General <a href="/wiki/Robert_McClelland_(Australian_politician)" title="Robert McClelland (Australian politician)">Robert McClelland</a> appointed the first Commonwealth "Senior Counsel".<a href="#cite_note-norepublic.com.au-56">[56]</a> In March 2014, Attorney-General <a href="/wiki/George_Brandis" title="George Brandis">George Brandis</a> QC announced that the Commonwealth would revert to using the title of Queen's Counsel for new appointments and would give all existing Commonwealth Senior Counsel the option of changing their post-nominal to QC. With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Bar_Association" title="Australian Bar Association">Australian Bar Association</a> confirmed that all existing Queen's Counsel would become King's Counsel automatically.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> When taking judicial office in a superior court, a barrister loses the title of King's Counsel and only regains it if new letters patent are issued after the person leaves office.<a href="#cite_note-:1-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Conversely, since the appointment of Senior Counsel is not by letters patent, when a Senior Counsel takes office, there is no doctrinal reason why the title of Senior Counsel is lost.<a href="#cite_note-:1-64">[64]</a> However, this is customarily not done, and the New South Wales Bar Association instructs that "KC" and "SC" postnominals should not be used for superior court judges.<a href="#cite_note-:0-48">[48]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Summary_of_Australian_jurisdictions">Summary of Australian jurisdictions</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Summary of Australian jurisdictions">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Jurisdiction </th> <th>Appointments </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> </td> <td>SC </td> <td>Appointed QC from 1856 to 1993. Appointed only SC since 1993.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(state)" title="Victoria (state)">Victoria</a> </td> <td>KC and SC </td> <td>Appointed QC from 1863 to 2000.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> Appointed only SC from 2000 to 2014. Since 2014, SC may become a QC on application. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a> </td> <td>KC </td> <td>Appointed QC from 1856 to 1994.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> Appointed only SC from 1994 to 2013. Appointed only QC since 2013.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> </td> <td>SC </td> <td>Appointed only SC since 2001. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a> </td> <td>SC </td> <td>Appointed QC from 1864 to 2008.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> Appointed only SC from 2008 to 2020. Between 2020 and 2024, SC could become a QC on application.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> Since 2024, reverted to only appointing SC.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a> </td> <td>SC </td> <td>Appointed only SC since 2001.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Australian Capital Territory">Australian Capital Territory</a> </td> <td>SC </td> <td>Appointed only SC since 1995.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> </td> <td>KC and SC </td> <td>Appointed both QC and SC since 2007. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commonwealth </td> <td>KC </td> <td>Appointed only SC from 2010 to 2013. Appointed only QC since 2013. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada">Canada</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Canada">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Canadian_King%27s_Counsel" title="Category:Canadian King's Counsel">Category:Canadian King's Counsel</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Constitutional_authority_for_appointments">Constitutional authority for appointments</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Constitutional authority for appointments">edit</a>]</div> In Canada, both the federal government and the provincial governments have the constitutional authority to appoint a lawyer as King's Counsel.<a href="#cite_note-bailii.org-18">[18]</a> During the reign of a queen, the title is properly "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law"<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> but normally referred to as "Queen's Counsel" and abbreviated "Q.C." in English or "c.r." in French (conseiller de la reine or conseillère de la reine for a female counsel). During the reign of a king, the title is "King's Counsel" or "K.C." in English, but continues to be "c.r." in French (conseillier du roi or conseillière du roi). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Criticisms_and_reforms">Criticisms and reforms</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Criticisms and reforms">edit</a>]</div> Lawyers continue to be appointed King's Counsel by the federal government and by nine of the ten <a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">Canadian provinces</a>. The award has been criticised in the past on the basis that appointment as King's Counsel depended largely on political affiliation.<a href="#cite_note-ManQC-76">[76]</a> However, in those provinces which continue to appoint lawyers as King's Counsel reforms have been made to de-politicise the award. Candidates are increasingly screened by committees composed of representatives of the bench and the bar, who give advice to the relevant Attorney General on appointments. The reforms have been designed to make the award a recognition of merit by individual members of the bar, often coupled with community service. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Appointments_by_jurisdiction">Appointments by jurisdiction</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Appointments by jurisdiction">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Federal_government">Federal government</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Federal government">edit</a>]</div> The federal government stopped appointing Queen's Counsel in 1993, but resumed the practice in 2013 under the <a href="/wiki/Harper_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Harper Ministry">Harper Ministry</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Gov.ca_20131211-77">[77]</a> Appointments are recommended by the Minister of Justice, assisted by an advisory committee. In 2014, the government appointed seven lawyers as Queen's Counsel. All were employed in the federal public service.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> Since 2015, under the <a href="/wiki/29th_Canadian_Ministry" title="29th Canadian Ministry">Trudeau Ministry</a>, federal appointments as a Queen's Counsel (or King's Counsel since 8 September 2022) has been limited to the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Canada">Attorney General of Canada</a>. <a href="/wiki/Jody_Wilson-Raybould" title="Jody Wilson-Raybould">Jody Wilson-Raybould</a> was appointed as Queen's Counsel when she served as Attorney General and <a href="/wiki/David_Lametti" title="David Lametti">David Lametti</a> was appointed a Queen's Counsel on 15 April 2019.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> However, <a href="/wiki/Arif_Virani" title="Arif Virani">Arif Virani</a>, Attorney General of Canada since July 2023, does not appear to have received a federal King's Counsel appointment.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Alberta">Alberta</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Alberta">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_Alberta" title="Executive Council of Alberta">provincial Cabinet</a> appoints lawyers, of at least 10 years' standing, as King's Counsel.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> Traditionally, the appointments are made every second year, but no appointments were made between 2016 and 2020. The nomination process resumed in 2019. Applications are reviewed by a screening committee of members of the judiciary and the legal community, which submitted recommendations for appointment to the Minister of Justice and Solicitor General and Cabinet for consideration, who in turn recommends names to Cabinet.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> In 2020, the province designated over 130 lawyers as Queen's Counsel,<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> and another round of appointees in February 2022. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="British_Columbia">British Columbia</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: British Columbia">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_King%27s_Counsel_Appointments_in_British_Columbia" title="List of King's Counsel Appointments in British Columbia">List of King's Counsel Appointments in British Columbia</a></div> King's Counsel are appointed by the provincial Cabinet on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_British_Columbia" title="Attorney General of British Columbia">Attorney General of British Columbia</a>. No more than 7% of the bar of British Columbia can be awarded the designation. Before making the recommendation to Cabinet, the Attorney General is required by statute to consult with the <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia_Court_of_Appeal" title="British Columbia Court of Appeal">Chief Justice of British Columbia</a>, the Chief Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_British_Columbia" title="Supreme Court of British Columbia">Supreme Court of British Columbia</a>, and two lawyers appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Law_Society_of_British_Columbia" title="Law Society of British Columbia">Law Society of British Columbia</a>. A recipient must have at least five years' standing at the bar of British Columbia.<a href="#cite_note-BCQC-84">[84]</a> In practice, the Attorney General appoints an advisory committee which includes these officials and also the Chief Judge of the <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Court_of_British_Columbia" title="Provincial Court of British Columbia">Provincial Court</a>, the president of the British Columbia Branch of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Bar_Association" title="Canadian Bar Association">Canadian Bar Association</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Attorney General">deputy attorney general</a>. Candidates must be acknowledged by their peers as leading counsel, have demonstrated exceptional qualities of leadership in the profession, or have done outstanding work in legal scholarship.<a href="#cite_note-BC_2020-85">[85]</a> In 2020, the province designated twenty-six lawyers as Queen's Counsel, from a group of 136 nominees.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_British_Columbia" title="Attorney General of British Columbia">Attorney General of British Columbia</a> is automatically appointed as King's Counsel on taking office.<a href="#cite_note-BCQC-84">[84]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Manitoba">Manitoba</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Manitoba">edit</a>]</div> The government of Manitoba stopped appointing Queen's Counsel in 2001. Existing designations had remained in effect.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> In 2019, Manitoba re-instituted the Queen's Counsel designation.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> Appointments are made by the <a href="/wiki/Law_Society_of_Manitoba" title="Law Society of Manitoba">Law Society of Manitoba</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ManQC-76">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="New_Brunswick">New Brunswick</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: New Brunswick">edit</a>]</div> The Lieutenant Governor appoints King's Counsel on the advice of a committee comprising the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_New_Brunswick" title="Chief Justice of New Brunswick">Chief Justice of New Brunswick</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_New_Brunswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of New Brunswick">Attorney General of New Brunswick</a>, and the president of the <a href="/wiki/Law_Society_of_New_Brunswick" title="Law Society of New Brunswick">Law Society of New Brunswick</a>. The committee's recommendation must be unanimous.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> Recipients must have 15 years of active practice of the law in New Brunswick, with extensive experience before the courts, or demonstrate exceptional service to the profession. The <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Attorney General">Deputy Attorney General</a> of New Brunswick and deans of New Brunswick law schools may also be appointed. The number recommended for appointment shall not exceed 1% of the members of the bar in New Brunswick who are not already designated, and the Lieutenant Governor shall only make appointments once per year.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> In 2016, the province designated eleven lawyers as Queen's Counsel.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Newfoundland_and_Labrador">Newfoundland and Labrador</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Newfoundland and Labrador">edit</a>]</div> The Lieutenant Governor in Council appoints King's Counsel, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice. The Minister is required to consult with the Legal Appointments Board, which consists of five individuals appointed by the Minister: two are from a list recommended by the <a href="/wiki/Law_Society_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador">Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador</a>, one is to be a lawyer from outside the metropolitan area of St John's, one is to be a bencher, and one is to be a lawyer with less than ten years at the bar.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> The appointments process has been criticised in the past as lacking transparency and being too open to political appointments.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> In 2017, the government appointed eleven lawyers as Queen's Counsel.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Nova_Scotia">Nova Scotia</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Nova Scotia">edit</a>]</div> The Lieutenant Governor appoints King's Counsel on the advice of the provincial Cabinet. Recipients must have at least 15 years as a member of the bar of Nova Scotia.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> The Minister of Justice is advised by an independent advisory committee, through the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society.<a href="#cite_note-Nova_Scotia_2017-96">[96]</a> Eligible candidates can apply, or they can be nominated by others. Applications generally open in September of each year, with appointments made annually.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> According to the criteria published by the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society on the nomination form, candidates must demonstrate professional integrity, good character and outstanding contributions to the practice of law through recognition by other members of the profession as an exceptional barrister or solicitor, exceptional contributions through legal scholarship, teaching or continuing legal education, demonstration of exceptional qualities of leadership in the profession, and engaging in activities of a public or charitable nature in such a way as to raise the esteem in which the legal profession is held by the public.<a href="#cite_note-nsbs-98">[98]</a> The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society also indicates that the committee is asked to consider regional, gender and minority representations among the persons recommended for appointment.<a href="#cite_note-nsbs-98">[98]</a> In 2017, the government appointed 14 lawyers as Queen's Counsel.<a href="#cite_note-Nova_Scotia_2017-96">[96]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Ontario">Ontario</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Ontario">edit</a>]</div> From 1985 to 2022, the Government of <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> stopped making appointments. In 1985, then-Premier of Ontario <a href="/wiki/David_Peterson" title="David Peterson">David Peterson</a> made a statement in the house giving five reasons: <ol><li>the designation was originally meant to recognise excellence in the courtroom, but the practice in Ontario was that it could be given to any lawyer, regardless of courtroom experience;</li> <li>the use of the designation misled the public, because it was more based on who one knows than what one knows;</li> <li>it was unfair to lawyers who for whatever reason have not been designated, leading to questions about their standing in the profession;</li> <li>no other profession received government awards of this type; and</li> <li>the designation had been used in Ontario mainly as a form of political patronage.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a></li></ol> In his statement, Premier Peterson stated that the government would stop awarding the designation and would move to revoke existing designations. Although the government did stop awarding the designation, it did not formally abolish it. Lawyers appointed as Queen's Counsel prior to 1985 continued to use the QC (KC) or cr <a href="/wiki/List_of_post-nominal_letters_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="List of post-nominal letters in Canada">postnominal letters</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Slaw_20120103-100">[100]</a> In response to the government's decision, the <a href="/wiki/Law_Society_of_Upper_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Law Society of Upper Canada">Law Society of Upper Canada</a>, the governing body for Ontario lawyers, implemented the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Law_Society_Medal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Law Society Medal (page does not exist)">Law Society Medal</a> in 1985 to recognise excellence in the profession. Recipients are entitled to use "LSM" behind their names.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> Lawyers who are designated Certified Specialist are recognized and experienced in their field of law and have met high standards imposed by the Law Society of Ontario.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> This is commonly identified as modern day replacement to the Queen's Counsel (QC) designation.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> Ontario courts continued to recognize the Queen's Counsel designations of Ontario lawyers appearing before it where those lawyers were accorded the honorific by the Federal Government.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> On 30 June 2023, the Attorney General for Ontario reinstituted the practice of appointing King's Counsel, in honour of the <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_Charles_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Coronation of Charles III">coronation of Charles III</a>.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> Until the designation's reinstitution in 2023, there were calls from some members of the Ontario bar for the province to reinstate the King's Counsel designation, on a merit basis, to help Ontario lawyers remain competitive internationally.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> However, the appointment of ninety-one Ontario lawyers, which included provincial Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers, conservative members of the Ontario Parliament, the Ontario Attorney General's former staff members and more than a dozen party donors drew criticism.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> In response, the Premier of Ontario promised on 18 July 2023 to change how King's Counsel designations would be awarded to lawyers. A spokesman for the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Ontario" title="Attorney General of Ontario">Attorney General of Ontario</a> said that in the future there will be a public application process and lawyers will have to demonstrate "a significant contribution to our justice system and work in the public interest."<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> At a press conference to discuss the decision of the Federal Impact Assessment Act on 30 November 2023, in answer to a reporter's question, the Attorney General of Ontario advised that a new process for awarding King's Counsel designations by the Government of Ontario should be announced "soon" and "shortly." Despite calls for the appointments in June 2023 to be rescinded, the Attorney General also confirmed that "all of the individuals who received [a King's Counsel designation] through service to the Crown will retain their designation".<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> The head of the <a href="/wiki/Law_Society_of_Ontario" title="Law Society of Ontario">Law Society of Ontario</a> had been offered a KC appointment but declined owing to the lack of selection criteria. In November 2023, the Advocates' Society wrote to the Attorney General to say that the main criterion for a KC appointment should be professional excellence rather than political affiliation and patronage, stating "If the designation is permitted to fall into such disrepute again, public confidence in the legal profession will be undermined".<a href="#cite_note-Ford-110">[110]</a> In August 2024, Premier <a href="/wiki/Doug_Ford" title="Doug Ford">Doug Ford</a> said that the plan to create a protocol for KC appointments was not a priority, stating: "People don't give two hoots if they have KC behind their names."<a href="#cite_note-Ford-110">[110]</a> No further appointments have been made since July 2023, and the government has given no indication that it will make appointments in the future.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Prince_Edward_Island">Prince Edward Island</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Prince Edward Island">edit</a>]</div> The Lieutenant Governor in Council (i.e. the provincial Cabinet) makes appointments on the recommendation of a committee consisting of the President of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island, a member of the council of the Law Society, a person appointed by the provincial Minister of Justice, a judge of either the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_Prince_Edward_Island" title="Court of Appeal of Prince Edward Island">Court of Appeal</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Prince_Edward_Island" title="Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island">Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island</a>, and a judge of the <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Court_of_Prince_Edward_Island" title="Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island">Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island</a>. The committee's recommendations must be carried by at least a <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>4⁄5 vote.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> To be considered for appointment, a lawyer must have 10 years at the bar of Prince Edward Island.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> The lawyer must meet the following three criteria: (1) must be learned in the law; (2) must have consistently exhibited a high standard of professional integrity; and (3) must be of very good character. In addition, the lawyer must meet at least one of the following six criteria: (1) must have a reputation for excellence in the practice of law; (2) must be recognized as a leading counsel; (3) must have great expertise and an outstanding reputation; (4) must have exhibited exceptional qualities of leadership in the legal profession; (5) must have performed outstanding work in the fields of legal education or legal scholarship; or (6) must have made a great contribution to community affairs or public service.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> In 2016, the government appointed two lawyers as Queen's Counsel.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Quebec">Quebec</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Quebec">edit</a>]</div> The Government of Quebec stopped appointing Queen's Counsel in 1975. Over thirty years later, the Barreau of Quebec instituted a professional award, the distinction of Lawyer Emeritus / Avocat émérite, with the postnominal "Ad. E." The award is to recognise lawyers "who gain distinction as a result of their outstanding professional career, outstanding contribution to the profession or outstanding social and community standing that has brought honour to the legal profession".<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> As of July 2018, the Barreau had awarded the distinction to over 350 lawyers.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Saskatchewan">edit</a>]</div> The Lieutenant Governor-in-Council (i.e., the provincial Cabinet) appoints lawyers as King's Counsel. To be eligible for appointment, a lawyer must reside in Saskatchewan and must have been called to the bar of any province or territory of Canada or the United Kingdom, for a period of at least 10 years.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> Appointments are based on recommendations from a selection committee consisting of Saskatchewan's Justice Minister and Attorney General, the Chief Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_for_Saskatchewan" title="Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan">Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan</a> or the Chief Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Queen%27s_Bench_for_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan">Court of Queen's Bench</a> (on an alternating basis), and the past presidents of the Saskatchewan branch of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Bar_Association" title="Canadian Bar Association">Canadian Bar Association</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Law_Society_of_Saskatchewan" title="Law Society of Saskatchewan">Law Society of Saskatchewan</a>. In December 2023, the Government appointed fourteen lawyers as King's Counsel, with an additional four in early 2024.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: New Zealand">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_King%27s_and_Queen%27s_Counsel_in_New_Zealand" title="List of King's and Queen's Counsel in New Zealand">List of King's and Queen's Counsel in New Zealand</a></div> In 2006, the title was renamed <a href="/wiki/Senior_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Counsel">Senior Counsel</a>, with the final appointments of Queen's Counsel occurring in 2007, after which the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (which made the change) came into force. However, the <a href="/wiki/2008_New_Zealand_general_election" title="2008 New Zealand general election">2008 general election</a> resulted in a change of government. In June 2009, Attorney-General Hon <a href="/wiki/Chris_Finlayson" title="Chris Finlayson">Christopher Finlayson</a> announced that the title of Queen's Counsel would be reinstated,<a href="#cite_note-Top_lawyers_may_get_QC_title_back-121">[121]</a> and a bill to implement the restoration was introduced into Parliament in March 2010.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> The bill passed committee stage in November 2012, was passed in a third reading and received the Royal Assent on 19 November 2012.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> In December 2012, Finlayson was one of the first appointments under the reinstated regime.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caribbean_jurisdictions">Caribbean jurisdictions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Caribbean jurisdictions">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Jurisdiction </th> <th>Appointment process<a href="#cite_note-:2-125">[125]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a> </td> <td>Applications made to the Silk Advisory Committee of the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Eastern_Caribbean_States" title="Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States">Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States</a>. Recommendations made to the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda">governor general</a>, acting on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda">prime minister</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">The Bahamas</a> </td> <td>Applications made to the attorney general, who consults with the chief justice and the president of the Bar Association and others. Recommendations forwarded to the prime minister, who advises the governor general. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a> </td> <td>Applications made to the Silk Advisory Committee of the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Eastern_Caribbean_States" title="Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States">Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States</a>. Recommendations made to the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the British Virgin Islands">governor</a>, acting on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_the_British_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Premier of the British Virgin Islands">premier</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a> </td> <td>Applications made to the Silk Advisory Committee of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. Recommendations made to the governor general, acting on the advice of the prime minister. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> </td> <td>Nominations by a committee (consisting of the chief justice, the president of the Court of Appeal, the attorney general, the chairman of the General Legal Council, the president of the Jamaican Bar Association, the president of the Advocate’s Association and a representative of the King’s Counsel Group) are forwarded to the governor general, acting on the advice of the prime minister. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montserrat" title="Montserrat">Montserrat</a> </td> <td>Applications made to the Silk Advisory Committee of the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Eastern_Caribbean_States" title="Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States">Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States</a>. Recommendations made to the governor, acting on the advice of the premier </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a> </td> <td>Applications made to the Silk Advisory Committee of the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Eastern_Caribbean_States" title="Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States">Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States</a>. Recommendations made to the governor general, acting on the advice of the premier </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> </td> <td>Applications made to the Silk Advisory Committee of the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Eastern_Caribbean_States" title="Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States">Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States</a>. Recommendations made to the governor general, acting on the advice of the premier </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> </td> <td>Applications made to the Silk Advisory Committee of the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_Eastern_Caribbean_States" title="Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States">Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States</a>. Recommendations made to the governor general, acting on the advice of the premier </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jurisdictions_that_have_abolished_the_designation">Jurisdictions that have abolished the designation</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Jurisdictions that have abolished the designation">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a>. 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Although most attorneys general in Cyprus were British, the two Cypriots who served in this position also received this title. They were <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stelios_Pavlides&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stelios Pavlides (page does not exist)">Stelios Pavlides</a>, 1943-1952, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Criton_Tornaritis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Criton Tornaritis (page does not exist)">Criton Tornaritis</a>, 1952-1956, who was also the first attorney general of the <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Republic of Cyprus</a> after its independence in 1960. Also, this title was given to lawyers with an outstanding career in the Law Office of the Colonial Government, such as <a href="/wiki/Ioannis_Clerides" title="Ioannis Clerides">Ioannis Clerides</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Neoptolemos_Paschalis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neoptolemos Paschalis (page does not exist)">Neoptolemos Paschalis</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Chryssafinis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Chryssafinis (page does not exist)">George Chryssafinis</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hong_Kong">Hong Kong</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Hong Kong">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">King's Counsel</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data">御用大律師</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data">jyu6 jung6 daai6 leot9 si1</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;">Literal meaning</th><td class="infobox-data">Barrister at His/Her Majesty's service</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yùyòng Dàlǜshī</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yü4-yung4 Ta4-lü4-shih1</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data">jyu6 jung6 daai6 leot9 si1</td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Senior Counsel</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data">資深大律師</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Zi1 sam1 daai6 leot9 si1</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;">Literal meaning</th><td class="infobox-data">Highly experienced and qualified Barrister</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Zīshēn Dàlǜshī</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Tzu1-shen1 Ta4-lü4-shih1</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Zi1 sam1 daai6 leot9 si1</td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> In Hong Kong, the rank of Queen's Counsel was granted when it was a <a href="/wiki/Crown_colony" title="Crown colony">crown colony</a> and a <a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">British dependent territory</a>. A practising barrister could be appointed as Queen's Counsel in recognition of his or her professional eminence by Crown Patent on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_Hong_Kong" title="Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong">Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong</a>.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> As Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom in 1997, barristers are no longer appointed Queen's Counsel (QC), but <a href="/wiki/Senior_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Counsel">Senior Counsel</a> (SC). The change is in name only; the role is in all practical respects unchanged even down to the full bottomed wig, gloves, robe and shoes worn annually at the commencement of the Judicial Year.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> Those appointed before the change were renamed Senior Counsel.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland">Ireland</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Ireland">edit</a>]</div> The title of King's Counsel was conferred until July 1924. The only King's Counsel appointed under the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> was <a href="/wiki/John_O%27Byrne" title="John O'Byrne">John O'Byrne</a>, who was the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Ireland" title="Attorney General of Ireland">Attorney General of Ireland</a>, then later on, he was a judge on both the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="High Court of Ireland">High Court of Ireland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Ireland" title="Supreme Court of Ireland">Supreme Court of Ireland</a>. The title of <a href="/wiki/Senior_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Counsel">Senior Counsel</a> was introduced in the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> in July 1924.<a href="#cite_note-dail19490224-130">[130]</a> Patents were issued by the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Ireland" title="Chief Justice of Ireland">Chief Justice of the Irish Free State</a> and since 1937, patents are issued by the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Ireland" title="Chief Justice of Ireland">Chief Justice of Ireland</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Malta">Malta</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Malta">edit</a>]</div> As a British <a href="/wiki/Crown_Colony_of_Malta" title="Crown Colony of Malta">Crown Colony, Malta</a> adopted the system which lasted only seven years, starting from 14 August 1832. In the period, the main courts were housed at the <a href="/wiki/Castellania_(Valletta)" title="Castellania (Valletta)">Castellania</a>, and the wearing of silk gowns was required by those sitting on the <a href="/wiki/Bench_(law)" title="Bench (law)">bench</a>.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nigeria">Nigeria</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Nigeria">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> replaced the QC nomenclature with the new title of <a href="/wiki/Senior_Advocate_of_Nigeria" title="Senior Advocate of Nigeria">Senior Advocate of Nigeria</a> (SAN) beginning in 1975. Appointments are restricted to fewer than 30 lawyers a year, made by the Chief Justice of Nigeria on the recommendation of the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, which is made up of senior judges and lawyers. The qualification requirements are almost identical to those required for appointment as King's Counsel. The SANs are entitled to wear silk gowns and enjoy similar privileges as the King's Counsel. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singapore">Singapore</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Singapore">edit</a>]</div> Since independence, the title of Queen's Counsel was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Senior_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Counsel">Senior Counsel</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Africa">South Africa</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: South Africa">edit</a>]</div> Following the establishment of a republic on 31 May 1961, the title of Queen's Counsel was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Senior_Counsel#South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Counsel">Senior Counsel</a>,<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> or Senior Advokaat in <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a>.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sri_Lanka">Sri Lanka</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Sri Lanka">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Counsel" title="President's Counsel">President's Counsel</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_post-nominal_letters#Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of post-nominal letters">postnominal</a> PC) is a professional rank, as their status is conferred by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">president</a>, recognised by the courts and wear silk gowns of a special design. It is the equivalent of the rank of King's Counsel in the United Kingdom, which was used in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) until 1972 when Sri Lanka became a republic, when the position became that of <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Counsel" title="President's Counsel">Senior Attorney-at-Law</a>. In 1984, the position became the President's Counsel. The holder can use the <a href="/wiki/Post-nominal_letters" title="Post-nominal letters">post-nominal letters</a> PC after his or her name. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Zambia">Zambia</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Zambia">edit</a>]</div> In <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a> the designation was changed to State Counsel after independence from Britain in 1964. Legal practitioners who enjoy the rank and dignity of State Counsel may use "SC" after their names. The procedure for appointment is more or less based on the English system, but it has been alleged that this merit-based system has recently been influenced by political patronage and that the last three presidents have mainly appointed their supporters. In 2013, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Law_Association_of_Zambia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Law Association of Zambia (page does not exist)">Law Association of Zambia</a> objected to the process used when President <a href="/wiki/Michael_Sata" title="Michael Sata">Michael Sata</a> appointed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mumba_Kapumpa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mumba Kapumpa (page does not exist)">Mumba Kapumpa</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Sangwa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Sangwa (page does not exist)">John Sangwa</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Simeza&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Simeza (page does not exist)">Robert Simeza</a> as SCs.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Zimbabwe">edit</a>]</div> Following the declaration of a republic by the <a href="/wiki/Ian_Smith" title="Ian Smith">Smith</a> regime in <a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a>, senior advocates were designated as <a href="/wiki/Senior_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Counsel">Senior Counsel</a>.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> Despite this, existing Queen's Counsels' designations were not affected.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dress">Dress</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Dress">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Court_dress" title="Court dress">Court dress</a></div> The following relates to the dress of King's Counsel at the Bar of England and Wales. Most other jurisdictions adopt the same dress, but there are some local variations. King's Counsel in England and Wales have two forms of official dress, depending on whether they are dressing for appearance in court before a judge or a ceremonial occasion. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Court_dress">Court dress</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Court dress">edit</a>]</div> A male junior barrister wears a white shirt and white wing-collar with bands, underneath a double-breasted or three-piece lounge suit of dark colour. He has a black "stuff" gown over his suit, and wears a short wig of horsehair. A female junior barrister wears similar garb, except that the wing-collar with bands may be replaced with a court bib (or collarette). Upon promotion to King's Counsel, the male barrister retains in court his winged collar, bands, and short wig. However, instead of an ordinary dark jacket, he wears a special black court coat (frock coat) and waistcoat in a style unique to King's Counsel or, alternatively, a long-sleeved waistcoat in similar style with no frock coat, known as a "bum freezer" because it is cut off at the waist. He also replaces the black stuff gown of a junior barrister with a black silk gown, although cheaper variants are also worn, including gowns of the same cut but all wool, or in a silk-wool mix, or in artificial silk. The all-wool gown is, strictly speaking, a mourning gown, the Bar being still in mourning for <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain" title="Anne, Queen of Great Britain">Queen Anne</a> who died on 1 August 1714, but that point is now of historical interest only.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] A female King's Counsel wears a gown and wig similar to that of her male counterparts. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ceremonial_dress">Ceremonial dress</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Ceremonial dress">edit</a>]</div> For ceremonial occasions, King's Counsel wear black breeches and black stockings instead of trousers, and patent leather court shoes with buckles. They wear the same black frock coat and waistcoat worn when appearing in court (never the "bum freezer", however) but add lace at the wrists and a lace stock at the collar. Bands are no longer worn at the collar in addition to the lace, and the winged collar is also dispensed with. They have white cotton gloves, but these are invariably carried and not worn. This part of their ceremonial dress is taken from the standard ceremonial dress worn at the Royal Court (as opposed to the Courts of Justice) by other courtiers. In addition, however, King's Counsel wear distinctive full-bottomed wigs and their silk gowns. The silk gown is the same as that worn when appearing in court. It is this gown which gives rise to the colloquial reference to King's Counsel as silks and to the phrase taking silk referring to their appointment. When wearing the full bottomed wig, King's Counsel have a black rosette hanging from the back of the neck, which was originally intended to catch oil and powder that might otherwise mark the silk gown. Modern wigs, however, are made of horsehair and so there is no longer any oil or powder. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><a href="/wiki/File:Balance,_by_David.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Balance%2C_by_David.svg/30px-Balance%2C_by_David.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Balance%2C_by_David.svg/46px-Balance%2C_by_David.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Balance%2C_by_David.svg/61px-Balance%2C_by_David.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="606" data-file-height="558" /></a><a href="/wiki/Portal:Law" title="Portal:Law">Law portal</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senior_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Counsel">Senior Counsel</a>, similar status used by some Australian jurisdictions and by some jurisdictions in which the British monarch is not head of state.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serjeant-at-law" title="Serjeant-at-law">Serjeant-at-law</a>, a now defunct rank of senior barrister.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel_Selection_Panel" title="King's Counsel Selection Panel">King's Counsel Selection Panel</a>, The King's Counsel Selection Panel for England and Wales.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silk_(TV_series)" title="Silk (TV series)">Silk (TV series)</a>, a BBC 2011 legal drama showing the competitive pursuit of silk.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavanagh_QC" title="Kavanagh QC">Kavanagh QC</a>, a 1995–2001 <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> legal drama starring <a href="/wiki/John_Thaw" title="John Thaw">John Thaw</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=King%27s_Counsel&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> Oxford English Dictionary, v. 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