Having read law at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (B.A.1982, LL.M. first class 1984), Sands was called to the Bar in 1985 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 2003, and appointed a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 2009.
Having read law at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (B.A.1982, LL.M. first class 1984), Sands was called to the Bar in 1985. After nearly two decades of academic law and private practice, he was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2003, and appointed a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 2009.