‘Senior Advocate’ in Bangladesh and QC in the UK The highest and most prestigious status an Advocate in Bangladesh can get in his life time of the career is the status of ‘Senior Advocate’ of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. It given by the Chief Justice of Bangladesh upon application having assessed the expertise, skills and length of experience. The ‘Senior Advocates’ are also called ‘Double Star Advocates.’ This ‘Senior Advocate’ can be compared with the Queen’s Counsel (QC) in the UK. When professionals and public see or read the title of QC after someone’s name they can easily understand what it means. But the title of ‘Senior Advocate’ is quite misunderstood and misleading words to both the professionals and the public alike. When an old aged Advocate of a District Bar or even of the Supreme Court Bar attends a meeting or seminar, he is addressed as a ‘Senior Advocate’ or reports in the newspapers indicate him as a ‘Senior Advocate.’ Furthermore, when a veteran Lawyer/Advocate of a District Bar or even of the Supreme Court Bar dies, newspapers’ reports indicate/mention him as a ‘Senior Advocate.’ The use of the title ‘Senior Advocate’ in this way is not the same at all as the hard earned title of ‘Senior Advocate’ given by the Chief Justice. As a result, the lawyers, to some extent, and the general public, to a great extent, get easily confused. Time has probably come to remove this confusion and ambiguity, and it can be done very easily. The concerned authority should think about it carefully and seriously. The highest and most prestigious title of ‘Senior Advocate’ can be replaced by the title of ‘President Counsel’ (PC) or ‘Senior Counsel’ (SQ) or similar distinctive words.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 22:43:56 +0000
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