Masters of the Bench

Full Title: Mr Nicholas Purnell KC

Category: Ordinary Bencher

Bench Call Date: 13-03-1990

Call Date: 18-07-1968

Bio:

Education: Oratory School; King's College, Cambridge; MA; Harmsworth Minor Entrance Exhibitioner  1966; Astbury Law Scholar 1968

Admission: 17 June 1965; Call 18 July 1968; Junior,  CCC Bar Mess 1972-75; Bar Council 1973-77, 82-85 & 89-91; Prosecuting Counsel to Inland Revenue 1977-79; Junior Treasury Counsel 1979-85; Crown Court Rules Committee 1982-88; QC 1985; Recorder 1986-; Member, Criminal Committee, JSB 1990-96; Member, Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct 1991-97

Recreations: Living in France as much as possible; Supporting Wimbledon AFC