Baroness Deech approved for prestigious status
Baroness Deech, the current chair of the Bar Standards Board, is one of eight people to be approved Queen’s Counsel Honoris Causa in the latest round of appointments.
The prestigious status is awarded to people who have made a major contribution to law outside of practise in the courts.
Baroness Deech is a barrister and legal academic who has published widely on family law issues. She chaired the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for eight years while it dealt with the legalisation of stem cell research, and served as a governor of the BBC.
University College London (UCL) had a strong showing in the awards, which will be bestowed on 84 new silks at a ceremony in Westminster Hall at the end of this month.
The new QC list includes Edward Walker-Arnott, visiting professor at UCL and former senior partner at Herbert Smith Freehills; Professor Ian Fletcher of UCL; Professor Mark Freedland, Honorary Professor at UCL; Professor Geraldine Van Beuren of Queen Mary University; Stefan Cross, solicitor and equal pay campaigner; Professor David Ormerod of Queen Mary University; and Eileen Carroll, commercial mediator and co-founder of the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution.
