Senior Counsel
Noun
Meaning
Senior Counsel (abbreviation SC)
(Ireland, Hong Kong, Commonwealth outside of the realm, law) an honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer)
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Each year, the Bar Association appoints certain barristers of seniority and eminence to the rank of "Senior Counsel" (in most States and Territories) or "Queen's Counsel" (in the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Victoria).
George-Wiltshire also agreed with People’s Progressive Party (PPP) lawyer, Senior Counsel Douglas Mendes that the report by the Chief Elections Officer on the March, 2020 general elections for the seven-member elections commission be scrapped.
After the handover, the rank has been replaced by Senior Counsel post-nominal letters : SC.
El Turk was represented by Senior Counsel Edwin Flowers and The Sol Gen's Office by Senior Crown Counsel, Magali Perdomo.
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Senior Counsel Basil Williams, has added his interpretation of the constitution regarding the appointment of a Chairman for the Guyana Elections Commission.
Senior Counsel Denys Barrow is wrapping up his business here in Belize to take up his new position as one of the seven judges on the Caribbean Court of Justice.