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The Counsel have been appointed following an open recruitment competition earlier this year  

  

The competition attracted more than 70 expressions of interest.  The appointments include six additional Queen’s Counsel, 3 additional Junior Counsel for appointment to the A Panel (for counsel with 10 or more years’ practise) and 9 additional Junior Counsel for appointment to the B Panel (for counsel with fewer than 10 years’ practise).  

  

Appointment to the Panel is open to both barristers with a tenancy and solicitors with the required rights of audience.  Candidates had to satisfy a number of criteria, including experience of advocacy in the higher courts, experience in constitutional and administrative law, knowledge of the devolution settlement in Wales and of divergences between the law in England and in Wales, experience of working for or against the government or other public bodies and an appreciation of the particular characteristics of government litigation.  

  

Appointments will be for a period of four years initially, but with the possibility of extension at the Counsel General’s discretion.    

  

Announcing the appointments, Mick Antoniw said:



> “I have been encouraged by the quality of the applications received and am delighted to announce these appointments.  I know that the very experienced and talented Counsel who have been successful in being appointed to the Panel will give the Welsh Government access to an independent pool of considerable legal expertise and experience across the breadth of Welsh Government activity.  Having this proven capability to carry out advocacy and advisory work is important in ensuring that the Welsh Government has the best legal representation and opinion available to them at all times.”


  

**Details of Counsel Appointed  

  

Panel of Queen’s Counsel**  

  

Andrew Henshaw QC (Brick Court Chambers)  

Paul Hopkins QC (Nine Park Place Chambers)  

Gregory Jones QC (Francis Taylor Building)  

Jonathan Moffett QC (11 King’s Bench Walk)  

George Peretz QC (Monckton Chambers)  

Ian Rogers QC (Monckton Chambers)  

  

**Junior Counsel Panel A**  

  

Shakil Najib (No.5 Chambers)  

Matthew Rees (Angel Chambers)  

Matthew Slater (Ten Old Square Chambers)  

  

**Junior Counsel Panel B**  

  

Rhys Davies (Nine Park Place Chambers)  

Joseph Edwards (Nine Park Place Chambers)  

Christian Howells (Thirty Park Place Chambers)  

Owain James (Civitas Chambers)  

Laura John (Monckton Chambers)  

Thomas Leary (20 Essex Street Chambers)  

Conor McCarthy (Monckton Chambers)  

Ravi Metha (Blackstone Chambers)  

Heather Sargent (Landmark Chambers)







Translation:


 
Mae'r Cwnsleriaid wedi cael eu penodi yn dilyn cystadleuaeth recriwtio agored yn gynharach eleni.  
  
Dangosodd mwy na 70 o bobl ddiddordeb yn y broses recriwtio hon.  Mae'r penodiadau yn cynnwys chwe Chwnsler y Frenhines yn ychwanegol, tri Cwnsler Iau yn ychwanegol i'w penodi i Banel A (cwnsleriaid sydd wedi bod yn ymarfer am 10 mlynedd neu fwy) a naw Cwnsler Iau yn ychwanegol i'w penodi i Banel B (cwnsleriaid sydd wedi bod yn ymarfer am lai na 10 mlynedd).   
  
Mae'r penodiadau i'r Panel yn agored i fargyfreithwyr sydd â thenantiaeth a chyfreithwyr sydd â hawl i ymddangos yn y llys.  Roedd yn rhaid i ymgeiswyr fodloni nifer o feini prawf, gan gynnwys cael profiad o eiriolaeth yn y llysoedd uchaf, profiad ym maes cyfraith gyfansoddiadol a gweinyddol, gwybodaeth am y setliad datganoli yng Nghymru a'r gwahaniaethau rhwng y gyfraith yng Nghymru a Lloegr, profiad o weithio ar ran neu yn erbyn y llywodraeth neu gyrff cyhoeddus a gwerthfawrogiad o'r gofynion arbennig sydd ynghlwm wrth ymgyfreitha’r llywodraeth.  
  
Bydd y penodiadau yn cael eu gwneud am gyfnod o bedair blynedd i gychwyn, ond gallai'r cyfnod hwnnw gael ei ymestyn yn ôl disgresiwn y Cwnsler Cyffredinol.    
  
Wrth gyhoeddi'r penodiadau, dywedodd Mick Antoniw:

 
> "Mae safon y ceisiadau a ddaeth i law wedi bod yn galonogol ac mae'n bleser gen i gyhoeddi'r penodiadau hyn.  Gwn y bydd y Cwnsleriaid profiadol a thalentog hyn, sydd wedi llwyddo i gael eu penodi i'r Panel, yn cynnig cronfa annibynnol o arbenigedd a phrofiad cyfreithiol sylweddol i Lywodraeth Cymru yn ei holl weithgarwch.  Mae meddu ar allu a phrofiad fel hyn i gynnal gwaith eirioli a chynghori yn bwysig i sicrhau bod y cynrychiolwyr a'r farn gyfreithiol orau bosibl ar gael i Lywodraeth Cymru bob amser.

 **Manylion y penodiadau  
  
Cwnsler y Frenhines**  
  
Andrew Henshaw QC (Brick Court Chambers)  
Paul Hopkins QC (Nine Park Place Chambers)   
Gregory Jones QC (Francis Taylor Building)  
Jonathan Moffett QC (11 King’s Bench Walk)   
George Peretz QC (Monckton Chambers)   
Ian Rogers QC (Monckton Chambers)  
  
**Cwnsler Iau Panel A**  
  
Shakil Najib (No.5 Chambers)  
Matthew Rees (Angel Chambers)  
Matthew Slater (Ten Old Square Chambers)   
  
**Cwnsler Iau Panel B**  
  
Rhys Davies (Nine Park Place Chambers)  
Joseph Edwards (Nine Park Place Chambers)  
Christian Howells (Thirty Park Place Chambers)  
Owain James (Civitas Chambers)  
Laura John (Monckton Chambers)  
Thomas Leary (20 Essex Street Chambers)   
Conor McCarthy (Monckton Chambers)  
Ravi Metha (Blackstone Chambers)  
Heather Sargent (Landmark Chambers)