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Ghana-born barrister to become first black leader of Bar Council
Barbara Mills KC moved to London after a military coup
A lawyer who escaped to Britain after a military coup in Ghana is to become the first black leader of the barristers’ profession.
Barbara Mills KC has been elected as next year’s vice-chairwoman of the Bar Council and will take go on to the top role at the 129-year-old body in 2025.
Called to the Bar in 1990, Mills was promoted to Queen’s Counsel only three years ago. In common with all QCs, she now has the title of King’s Counsel under the reign of Charles III. Mills will also be the first family law specialist in 35 years to lead the 17,000-strong profession in England and Wales. Based at 4PB Chambers in central London, where she is joint head, she specialises in complex cases
