Appointment to King's Counsel

The protocol for the appointment of King’s Counsel and criteria for appointment are available from the Bar Association of Queensland.

Below are notices from the Chief Justice announcing the appointment of barristers as Kings’s Counsel (previously Queen's Counsel and Senior Counsel) in and for the State of Queensland from 2005 to 2012. Since 2013, appointments as Kings’s Counsel are made by the Governor in Council and announced by the Attorney-General.