Women make up approximately one quarter of practising membership. The Dean of Faculty is consulted in the course of this process. As a general rule, Silk is awarded to experienced Counsel, who are considered to have achieved distinction in full-time practice. There is a particularly fine library — the Advocates Library — which contains materials built up over the last three hundred years.
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How much does it cost? Close Where can I study the Diploma? On the other hand, solicitor advocates combine the roles of barrister and solicitor to work in a law firm while also representing their clients in a court of law. Barristers can be distinguished from a solicitor because they wear a wig and gown in court. They work at higher levels of court than solicitors and their main role is to act as advocates in legal hearings, which means they stand in court and plead the case on behalf of their clients in front of a judge.
Before , only barristers could be appointed as a QC but the system was changed so that solicitors could too. Typically QCs can charge their clients a lot more than regular barristers and will take on fewer cases than advocates without the title. Of the remaining six, these did not sufficiently demonstrate that they met the criteria as leaders in the profession nor excellence in advocacy and consequently their applications lacked the necessary evidence of depth of experience to fit the criteria at the present time.
There was little evidence of identified shortages of QC s but I did request information on the natural wastage of QC s in the past year to determine to what extent the 10 candidates recommended for appointed could be regarded as replacing those lost. This should never be regarded as the determining factor in making QC appointments since the need to allow for career progression and refresh the pool of existing QC s must also be recognised.
I was advised that there are currently current members of Faculty of whom are QC s 96 male and 29 female. On this basis the replacement rate of a further 10 QC s seems reasonable, anticipating the further number who are likely to retire in the current year. I recognise it is important to identify the reasons why applicants do not meet the appointment criteria and how they can be provided with meaningful feedback in order to manage their expectations in relation to any future application and encourage development in individual areas.
Where any candidate had previously received feedback on their application, I asked that particular regard be had to the feedback previously given to ensure that this could be considered in relation to the current application and taken account of in any further request for feedback. As noted above, there is no fixed quota of QC s to be appointed. I am satisfied that the process properly includes appropriate consultation with the Dean of the Faculty and the President of the Law Society of Scotland.
In this round almost half of those applying have been recommended for appointment, 10 out of I was impressed with the strength of the applications this year and the potential for appointments in coming years.
I am satisfied that the criteria for appointment in the current year have been amply met whilst reflecting some degree of diversity. It is perhaps disappointing that of the 22 applicants only six were women but of these four were recommended for appointment and this reflects an increase in the total number of practising female QC s. There were three solicitor advocates who applied and one has been recommended for appointment this year. On the basis of the above, I am satisfied from my observations and discussions that the process was conducted following an established, proportionate and well-understood procedure.
I consider that the two week window allowed for applications was sufficient. There was careful and considered scrutiny of all the applications and the criteria for recommendation has been applied consistently and rigorously.
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