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Nicholas Lavender QC—Chairman of the Bar Council

10 January 2014
Issue: 7590 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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Serle Court QC begins his 2014 term

Nicholas Lavender QC has began his term as Chairman of the Bar Council for 2014.

Nicholas practises commercial law from Serle Court. Called to the Bar in 1989 and taking silk in 2008, he has acted in a wide range of commercial disputes, in particular in banking cases. He is a Deputy High Court Judge, a recorder, a Bencher of the Inner Temple, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a CEDR-accredited mediator and an advocacy trainer who has taught advocacy and advocacy training in England, South Africa and Bermuda.

Nicholas has been involved with the Bar Council since 1990 and has been a member since 1994. 

In his inauguaral address in December, Lavender stated: "What is needed now is for us to work together as a single, unified profession, and to continue to demonstrate the skills and values which have served us well for so long...our profession has a long history. We have lived through the era of Oliver Cromwell, and that of Judge Jeffreys. We will be here for a long time to come."

Issue: 7590 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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