{"id":89191,"date":"2018-02-20T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e978fae3e96f48d92f5fda84229f0e66"},"modified":"2018-02-20T10:49:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T10:49:00","slug":"news-story-apply-to-the-attorney-generals-london-a-and-b-panel-of-junior-counsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=89191","title":{"rendered":"News story: Apply to the Attorney General\u2019s London A and B panel of junior counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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London A and B Panels<\/h2>\n

Membership of the London panels is open to both barristers and solicitors with the appropriate qualifications.<\/p>\n

Members of the A panel deal with the most complex government cases in all kinds of courts and tribunals including the Supreme Court. They will often appear against QC\u2019s. Those previously appointed to the A panel have generally had in excess of 10 years advocacy experience in actual practice (from end of second 6 months\u2019 pupillage for barristers or date of commencement of advocacy for solicitors).<\/p>\n

Members of the B panel deal with substantial cases but in general not as complex as those handled by the A panel. They will generally be instructed where knowledge and experience of a particular field is required. Those previously appointed to the B panel have generally had between 5 and 10 years advocacy experience in actual practice (from end of second 6 months\u2019 pupillage for barristers or date of commencement of advocacy for solicitors).<\/p>\n

There are vacancies on the Panels in all areas of public and private law.<\/p>\n

Application<\/h2>\n

To obtain details about the eligibility requirements and the application process, we recommend reading our
\n London Panels information sheet <\/a>
\n (MS Word Document<\/span>, 110KB<\/span>)
\n<\/span>
\n.<\/p>\n

Before making an application, please email PanelCounsel@governmentlegal.gov.uk<\/a> to register your interest in applying. Please note that registering an interest does not commit you to making an application if you later decide not to do so.<\/p>\n

Once you have registered, you will be provided with a link to access our online portal and obtain an application pack.<\/p>\n

Completed applications must be submitted by midday on Friday 6 April 2018.<\/p>\n

Further information and mentoring<\/h2>\n

If you have any queries, please contact the Government Legal Department Panel Counsel Secretariat via email panelcounsel@governmentlegal.gov.uk<\/a> or on 020 7210 1506.<\/p>\n

We encourage applications from as wide a range as possible of those eligible to apply. We will therefore put advocates who want to discuss the application process for the London A or B Panel in touch with an established panel member as a mentor. The mentor will discuss the application process, the eligibility criteria and the presentation of relevant information on the application form either by telephone or in a meeting.<\/p>\n

If you are considering applying and want a mentor please contact the Panel Counsel Secretariat via email: panelcounsel@governmentlegal.gov.uk<\/a> before Wednesday 28 February 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Attorney General is seeking to appoint new members to 2 of his panels of junior counsel; the London A and B panels, to undertake civil and EU work for government departments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}