No solicitors in latest annual silk round

KC status is awarded to legal professionals who have demonstrated a particular skill and expertise in the conduct of advocacy, and solicitors with higher rights of audience have been eligible to apply for KC status since 1995. To date, only 66 solicitors have been appointed out of 231 applicants.

In better news for the solicitor branch, three solicitors have been made honorary KCs: City of London Law Society chair Colin Passmore, Peter Kandler, who co-founded the UK’s first law centre, in North Kensington, and consumer law specialist Dean Dunham, who presents radio network LBC's legal hour.

The City of London Law Society said Passmore was nominated for his work 'in shaping the modern understanding of privilege through his scholarship, and for his leadership in firm-level and sector-wide approaches to diversity, social mobility, and responsible business - including initiatives to support access to the profession and the next generation of lawyers'.