The Law Society and Bar Council have named the nine members of the new independent selection panel charged with selecting new QCs. The panel will be chaired by Sir Duncan Nichol, currently a Commissioner for Judicial Appointments and chairman of the Parole Board for England and Wales.
Nichol will be joined on the panel by Roy Amlot QC, head of chambers at 6 King’s Bench Walk, and by 11 New Square’s Sonia Proudman QC. The two reserved positions for solicitors will be filled by Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, managing partner of London legal aid practice Scott-Moncrieff Harbour Sinclair, and Christopher Woolley, Chief Crown Prosecutor for South Wales since 2004.
