Sultana Tafadar becomes the first hijab-wearing criminal barrister in Britain to be appointed Queen’s Counsel (QC).
Tafadar said
I am delighted to be one of two hijab-wearing barristers ever to have been appointed Queen’s Counsel, and the first at the Criminal Bar,
Yet on such a day, when I am rising to the pinnacle of my profession in Britain, I note with great sadness that the same opportunities are currently denied to hijab-wearing women in other countries, such as France.
The lawyer of immigrant Bangladeshi parents, is one of around 2 000 QCs in Britain and and only the second hijab-wearing barrister to become a QC after Shaheed Fatima.
