Austin Welch and Leila Ghahhary appointed to Attorney General’s Civil Panel of Counsel

Chambers are delighted to announce that Leila Ghahhary and Austin Welch have been appointed by the Attorney General as Junior Counsel to the Crown.

Both Leila and Austin received letters of appointment from The Right Honourable Jeremy Wright QC MP who described the competition for places on the Panel as “fierce”.

As Junior Counsel to the Crown, Leila and Austin will be undertaking complex civil, public law and EU work for all government departments.

Leila and Austin join two other recent appointees, Heather Aspinall and Dan Thomas, on the Panel demonstrating Lincoln House Chambers’ growing strength in civil and public law at the highest level.