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Aged 35, he was appointed a part-time Judge of the Crown Court, England & Wales,
the youngest at the time. In 2002, aged only 39, he became the first Nigerian
practising abroad to be promoted to Queen’s Counsel. He was then promoted to the
rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2005 and elected a Bencher of Gray’s Inn
in the same year. For almost 20 years, he has headed Pump Court Chambers in
London, a large common law set of chambers, where he is the only black Head of
Chambers in the Temple.
