I dare say, I wasn't sure how the QC | KC accolade was treated, but that does pass the sensible test.
I note that:
After being turned down by several leading lawyers, Dennis and Anderson secured the services of barrister and writer John Mortimer, QC (creator of the Rumpole of the Bailey series) who was assisted by his Australian-born junior counsel Geoffrey Robertson; Neville chose to represent himself. At the opening of the trial in June 1971 Mortimer stated that "... [the] case stands at the crossroads of our liberty, at the boundaries of our freedom to think and draw and write what we please".
I note that:
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_(magazine)is on the money, Mortimer was a QC at the time (1971) and Robertson was yet to be appointed (1988).