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Jonathan Sumption QC was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court on 11 January He was the first candidate to be appointed to the top court (whether the....
Brick Court Chambers
Brick Court Chambers is a set of barristers' chambers in the Temple district of central London.
It specialises in commercial, EU, competition and public law. It is considered by legal commentators to be one of the 'Magic Circle' of London's most prestigious commercial barristers' chambers. Brick Court Chambers was founded in 1921 by William Jowitt KC, who later became Lord Chancellor.
It rose to prominence in the 1970s, with an increase in shipping and international trade litigation.
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Jowitt remained in chambers until, in 1940, he became Solicitor-General in the wartime coalition government. After the war, he became Lord Chancellor in Clement Attlee's government. After Patrick Devlin was appointed to the High Court in 1948 and subsequently became a Law Lord, Colin Pearson KC and David Karmel KC were successively Heads of Chambers.
Sam CookeQC became Head of Chambers on Karmel's retirement. When Cooke went to the High Court in 1967, he was succeeded by Phil