Christopher Bathurst QC
Call Date
1959
Silk date
1978
Commercial Law, with specialisation in accountancy and professional negligence, but including most areas of business common law and construction contracts. Acted as Deputy High Court Judge trying civil cases and as an arbitrator in England and Singapore. Member of the House of Lords (legislative) since 1979, and elected as a remaining hereditary member in 1999. Member of, inter alia, Select Committee on European Union, and Sub-Committee on European Legal Affairs. Company Director, Exco Ltd; Portsmouth and Sunderland Newspapers; Peter Cheyney Ltd.