Hands up for silk in Queensland

Thirty seven hopefuls from the Qld bar have applied for silk ... Including as many as five women ... Aspirations on display 
 

THE Qld bar has listed these senior counsel applicants for 2012 in order of the date their application was received. 

Chief Justice Daphnis de Jersey makes the final selection based on advice from a collection of worthies. The CJ can also create his own appointments. 

Happily, the bar and the Qld AG, Mr Bjelke-Jarrod, 30, agreed in June on a plan to convert all SCs into QCs. 

See: Putting the Queen back into Queensland. 

According to the bar, being swathed in silk ...

"provides a public identification of barristers whose standing and achievements justify an expectation, on the part of those who may need their services as well as on the part of the judiciary and the public, that they can provide outstanding services as advocates and advisers, to the good of the administration of justice." 

The unfortunate implication is that other members cannot justify this lofty expectation. 

Good luck to all the contenders for 2012: 

1. Peter Glen Bickford
2. Stephen James Lee
3. Timothy Matthews
4. Mark Williams
5. Manuel Michael Varitimos
6. Daniel Craig Boyle
7. Rebecca Mary Treston
8. Dean Patrick Morzone
9. Gregory Mark Egan
10. Mark Louis Robertson
11. David Robert Kent
12. Kevin Francis Holyoak
13. Peter William Hackett
14. Terence Donald Gardiner
15. Catherine Claire Heyworth-Smith
16. Daniel James Morgan
17. Philip Paul McQuade
18. Mark David Martin
19. Philip Andrew Looney
20. John William Lee
21. Michael James Woodford
22. Neil Bruce McGregor
23. Madeline Mary Brennan
24. Christopher Wilson
25. Salvatore Paul Vasta
26. Michael Pascal Amerena
27. Adrian William Duffy
28. Ronald Shaw Ashton
29. Peter Jogn Baston
30. Anthony Paul John Collins
31. Jenny Deyell Hogan
32. John Joseph Allen
33. Richard John Lynch
34. Grant Robert Allan
35. Michael John Taylor
36. Karen Carmody
37. Paul Edward Smith