Tag: ‘King’s Counsel’
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‘Queen’s Counsel’ no more, ‘King’s Counsel’ return to UK courts after 70 years
About 1,900 elite UK lawyers and hundreds of others in Commonwealth countries who held the rank of “Queen’s Counsel” became “King’s Counsel” following the death of Queen Elizabeth last week, instantly assuming a title that had gathered dust since the queen took the throne in 1952. They must now use the shorthand ‘KC’ rather than…