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:
- Peter Glen Bickford
- Stephen James Lee
- Timothy Matthews
- Mark Williams
- Manuel Michael Varitimos
- Daniel Craig Boyle
- Rebecca Mary Treston
- Dean Patrick Morzone
- Gregory Mark Egan
- Mark Louis Robertson
- David Robert Kent
- Kevin Francis Holyoak
- Peter William Hackett
- Terence Donald Gardiner
- Catherine Claire Heyworth-Smith
- Daniel James Morgan
- Philip Paul McQuade
- Mark David Martin
- Philip Andrew Looney
- John William Lee
- Michael James Woodford
- Neil Bruce McGregor
- Madeline Mary Brennan
- Christopher Wilson
- Salvatore Paul Vasta
- Michael Pascal Amerena
- Adrian William Duffy
- Ronald Shaw Ashton
- Peter Jogn Baston
- Anthony Paul John Collins
- Jenny Deyell Hogan
- John Joseph Allen
- Richard John Lynch
- Grant Robert Allan
- Michael John Taylor
- Karen Carmody
- Paul Edward Smith