In 1949 he was appointed as a King's Counsel.

Those appointed as Queen's Counsel are entitled to plead from "within the Bar" in court.

He was appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 1987.

He was appointed as King's Counsel in 1922.

In 2006 he was appointed as a President's Counsel.

He was appointed as a King's Counsel on 29 June 1945.

He was due to be appointed as a Queen's Counsel at the time of his death.

Senior trial attorneys may be appointed as President's Counsel.

Taking silk in 2002, he is one of eight solicitors to have been appointed as Queen's Counsel.

He was called to the bar in 1887, and appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 1908.