King's Counsel

C8339
concept

A King's Counsel is a senior barrister appointed by the monarch to recognize exceptional advocacy and expertise in the higher courts, typically entrusted with complex and high-profile legal cases.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King's Counsel canonical 9
Queen's Counsel 6

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: King's Counsel
Generated description
A King's Counsel is a senior barrister appointed by the monarch to recognize exceptional advocacy and expertise in the higher courts, typically entrusted with complex and high-profile legal cases.

Instances (15)

Instance Via concept surface
Lord Pannick
Alexander Cameron
Lord Birkenhead
Cherie Blair Queen's Counsel
Lord Reading
Lord Denning
Cherie Booth Queen's Counsel
Lord Slynn of Hadley Queen's Counsel
Lord Goff of Chieveley Queen's Counsel
Frederick Edwin Smith
Sir John Copley
William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt
Lord Cairns Queen's Counsel
Mark Lucraft
Baron Huddleston Queen's Counsel