UK , September 17, 2005
NRI press
UK government report that the top 12 lawyers in the
field earn more than £600,000 from taxpayers.
One barrister to be paid more than £1m in one
year from legal aid.
NRI, Kalyani Kaul, daughter of former BBC
television producer for Asian Programmes Mahendra
Kaul, are among the highest paid barristers in Britain
by earnings of 766,000 pounds. Kalyani father,
Mahendra Kaul, the first NRI to be honoured with the
Order of British Empire (OBE) in 1975. Kalyani Kaul
started the Bar in 1982
Second NRI, Balbir Singh's earnings were worth
750,000 pounds in 2004-05.
Top of the list
1 James Sturman QC £1,180,000
2 Simon Bourne-Arton QC £902,000
3 NRI, Kalyani Kaul £766,000
4 Gilbert Gray QC £755,000
5 NRI, Balbir Singh £750,000
6 Peter Griffiths QC £690,000
7 Trevor Burke QC £683,000
8 Thomas Derbyshire £668,000
9 George Carter-Stephenson £653,000
10 David Spens QC £639,000