What do Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ursula Brennan and Chris Grayling have in common?
The answer is that all of them, though not lawyers, have been elected as honorary benchers of Gray’s Inn. It is a great honour, especially for non-lawyers.
I am grateful to utterbarrister for digging out the Inn’s selection criteria for the appointment of honorary benchers. (The Standing Orders point out that Honorary Benchers should be appointed “sparingly”). Continue reading “Gray’s Inn honoured Grayling and Brennan. Now they’ve got them for eternity”