Derek Sweeting

Derek Sweeting
QC
Derek Sweeting QC
Chair of the Bar Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 2021
Preceded by	Amanda Pinto
Vice Chair of the Bar Council
	In office; January 2020 – December 2020
Preceded by	Amanda Pinto
Succeeded by	Mark Fenhalls
Personal details
Alma mater	Clare College, Cambridge; Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Derek Sweeting QC is a British lawyer, and the Chair of the Bar Council for 2021.[1]

Early life

Sweeting was educated at Clare College, Cambridge and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[2]

Career

Bar Council

In April 2021, Sweeting questioned whether the term 'BAME' (Black, Asian, and Minority ethnic) could "disguise the fact that there's massive under-representation of black members of our community at the bar".[3]

References

"Officers of the Bar Council". Bar Council. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
Popal, Rehana (13 December 2020). "Derek Sweeting QC: Chair of the Bar 2021". Counsel Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
Slingo, Jemma (4 April 2021). "Bar council chair criticises 'BAME' label". The Law Society Gazette. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

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[1] "Officers of the Bar Council". Bar Council. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[2] Popal, Rehana (13 December 2020). "Derek Sweeting QC: Chair of the Bar 2021". Counsel Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[3] Slingo, Jemma (4 April 2021). "Bar council chair criticises 'BAME' label". The Law Society Gazette. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.