The terms "bencher" and "treasurer" originated in England, but they are also in use by the legal profession in Canada, for example by the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Law Society of British Columbia.
He served as Bencher of the Law Society of Alberta from 1958–1969, and then as its President from 1969–1970, becoming Queen's Counsel on December 31, 1957.
He became a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 1922, and in February 1929 was knighted and made a judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice.
In North America, special "bencher pens" have a pull tab which reveals a scrolled paper containing the text of the Birkat Hamazon prayer.
From 1898 he practiced law in Vancouver, where he served as a bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia.
He was called to the bar at Gray’s Inn (where he was later a Bencher), and was in private practice as a barrister in Nairobi until 1960, when he joined the Lord Chancellor’s Department.
Giffard entered the Inner Temple, of which he eventually became a bencher, and was called to the bar in November 1840.
Rozenberg holds an honorary doctorate in law from the University of Hertfordshire, is an honorary bencher of Gray's Inn, and is accredited as a mediator by the ADR group.
In 1993, he became a bencher and was appointed to the High Court, sitting in the Family Division, whereupon he was appointed a knight bachelor.
Other council members include Conservative MPs Christopher Chope, Philip Davies, Robert Halfon, Philip Hollobone, Gerald Howarth, John Whittingdale, and Andrew Rosindell, Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan, UKIP MEP Roger Helmer, former Conservative MSP Brian Monteith, Lord David Stoddart, House of Lords cross-bencher Baroness Cox and former leader of UKIP Lord Pearson.
William entered Middle Temple in 1593 and was called to the Bar in 1600, and was made a bencher of Middle Temple in 1619.