CBE for leading QC

Though he's not sure about the "empire"

Congratulations to Ben Emmerson QC, awarded a CBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list.

Emmerson, who who one of the original members of Matrix Chambers and moved to Monckton Chambers last year, also announced that he would be leaving the bar at the end of this month to take on a “new challenge”.

Emmerson’s award appears in the Foreign Office list. He rep…