I can't speak to the matter of prestige or reputation but since you mentioned statistics, if this article - s://economictimes.indiatimes.com/barristers-not-keen-on-a-qc-tag-anymore/articleshow/1795916.cms?from=mdr - is correct, more than 10% of barristers in the UK are Queen's Counsels. I would have thought it would be a much lower percentage but there you go. It is a dated piece though so take from it what you will.




I don't know the number of litigators in Singapore and since it is a fused profession, no one probably knows. We have 90-odd Senior Counsels though at last count. Although I have to say statistics are not going to provide you any meaningful picture.