Serle Court’s Khawar Qureshi QC is to head the first barristers’ set based outside the UK, as McNair Chambers launches in Qatar at the end of the month.

McNair launched on 30 March, with Qureshi set to be joined in Doha by high-profile names including former House of Lords judge Lord Slynn of Hadley and fellow Serle Court tenants William Ballantyne and Michael Palmer.