Switching chairs at the Bar Council

Current Vice Chairman, Andrew Langdon QC, has been confirmed as the next Chairman of the Bar, and he will take over from current chairman Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC on 1st January 2017.

The man who will take his current seat is Andrew Walker QC, who has been named Vice Chairman-Elect. He is a commercial and chancery barrister.

Andrew Langdon QC was called to the Bar in 1986 and took silk in 2006. He practises from Guildhall Chambers in Bristol; in crime, including regulatory crime, and in particular health and safety. He has sat as a Recorder since 2002, and became a Bencher of Middle Temple in 2014. From October 2013 until the end of 2015 he was Leader of the Western Circuit.  

Andrew Walker QC, of Maitland Chambers, was called to the Bar in 1991 and took silk in 2011.  His professional practice is focused on property, company and commercial disputes and professional negligence claims in a wide range of business sectors. 

Walker has been engaged with the Bar Council since 2004, and is the current chair of the Ethics Committee, as well as the Vice-Chairman of the Law Reform Committee. He was awarded the Bar Pro Bono Award in 2009 for his work with homelessness charity, Shelter.

There is some continuity, however! Lorinda Long will remain as the Treasurer of the Bar Council for the third year running. Ms Long is a specialist in financial services, having previously worked as an in-house transactional lawyer for a number of leading financial institutions such as NatWest, Bank of Scotland, Lloyds and Credit Suisse.