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Northern Circuit: Executive Committee
Leader: Richard Pratt QC
Treasurer: Craig Sephton QC
Secretary: vacant
Circuit Junior: David Birrell
Liverpool Junior: Andrew Howe
Manchester Junior: Ben Myers
Preston Junior: Richard Hunt
Chester Junior: vacant
Employed Bar Junior: Nicoletta Amatino
Advocacy Training: William Waldron QC
Continuing Education: Scott Donovan
Attorney General: John Bromley-Davenport QC
Solicitor General: Philip Cattan

Circuit Remembrancer
His Honour David Lynch

Administrator
Susan Chisholme

Bar Council Nominated Representatives
The Leader: Richard Pratt QC
Circuit Secretary: Jaime Hamilton
Suzanne Goddard QC

Bar Council Elected Representatives
Susan Grocott QC
Geoffrey Tattersall QC

Pupil Monitoring Committee
Teresa Pepper – Chair
John Corless
Christine Bispham
Mark Savill
Giles Cannock

Continuing Education Committee
Scott Donovan
Philip Curran
Tim Smith
Graham Wells
Simon McCann

Fees & Legal Aid Committee
Will Waldron QC
Dennis Watson QC
Richard Hunt

Circuit Professional Standards
David Steer QC
Mark Savill

Specialist Bar Associations (Circuit Representatives)
Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association:  Mark Cawson QC
Criminal Bar Association:  Simon Csoka QC & Peter Warne
Family Law Bar Association:  Susan Grocott QC (Manchester)
Malcolm Sharpe (Liverpool & Preston)
Robert Hornby (Chester)
Medico Legal Association:  Stephen Grime QC
Personal Injuries Bar Association:  Richard Whitehall

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Gerard McDermott QC
Christine Bispham
Stephen Ball
John Corless
Andrew Fox
Keith Sutton
Lee Nowland

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Mark Savill
William Baker
Anthony Cross QC

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Peter Atherton (Chair)
Richard Hunt

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Liverpool: tbc
Manchester:  Mark Ainsworth
Preston:  Richard Hunt

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Richard Bradley

Employment Tribunal User Group (Manchester)
Paul Gilroy QC

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Bob Moss

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Neil Flewitt QC

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John Rowe QC

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His Honour Judge Anthony Russell QC
Philip Butler

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Scott Donovan
His Honour Judge Alan Booth

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Dennis Watson QC
John Jones  QC

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Charles Prior

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Paul Richardson/David Uff

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His Honour Judge Clement Goldstone QC

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Northern Circuit of the Bar, Oriel Chambers, 18 Ribblesdale Place, Preston PR1 3NA. Tel: 0161 660 3848 Fax: 0161 660 3849
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