He was called to the bar in 1981, and took silk in 1997.

Eventually he returned to London, and took silk in 1888.

He was called to the bar in 1910 and took silk in 1927.

In 1929 he "took silk" to become a king's counsel.

In 1988, after 11 years at the bar, Keane took silk.

Once you have taken silk there is no going back to a junior s practice.

In 1806 he was called to the Irish bar and took silk twenty years later.

In the early 1990s he left the university and took silk enabling him to become a judge.

"I never thought you would take silk from a Dane."

Rather than taking silk, he became a County Court judge in 1970.