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The Times
April 1 1999
News in Brief
Minorities are appointed QCs
A record number of barristers from ethnic minorities are among the 69 lawyers to be appointed Queen's Counsels today (Frances Gibb writes). The list of new QCs includes five lawyers from minority backgrounds, as well as nine who are women, and one who is a solicitor. The successful ethnic minority candidates are Anesta Weekes, Frank Panford, Michael Massih, Jonathan McManus and Hodge Malek.
Of the 553 applications for silk this year, 45 were from women and 27 from members of ethnic minorities. Ethnic minority candidates had their highest rate of success so far, faring much better proportionately than did male or white candidates. More than 18 per cent of candidates from ethnic minority backgrounds were successful, compared to just under 12 per cent of non-ethnic minority candidates. Similarly, women did better than men, with 20 per cent being successful, compared with nearly 12 per cent of male applicants. Just over 12 per cent of applicants were solicitors, of whom one was appointed.
