Cherie Booth Q.C.

Called 1976, silk 1995 - Cherie practices in employment and discrimination law acting for applicants and respondents. In her public law practice she advises local authorities and other public bodies, individuals and companies.

She lectures widely on human rights and advises on the implications of the Human Rights Act. She has appeared in the ECJ and in Commonwealth jurisdictions, and has sat as an international arbitrator.

She sits as a Recorder in the County Court and Crown Court and is a Bencher of Lincoln\'s Inn. Cherie is an accredited mediator under the ADR Chambers/Harvard Law Project scheme.

Notable Cases include

E v Dorset County Council and other
[1995] 3 WLR 853 HL

R v Universities Funding Council ex parte The Institute of Dental Surgery
[1994] 1 WLR 242 (Sedley J)

Kingsbury v Northampton County Council
“The Times”, 23 July 1993 (Balconbe, Farquharson and Rose LJJ)

R v City of Sunderland, ex parte Baumber
1996 COD in the education field

R v Yorkshire Regional Health Authority ex parte Gompels
“The Times” 5/12/95

R v Northern and Yorkshire Regional Health Authority ex parte Tesco Stores Ltd; R v Family Health Service Appeal Authority ex parte Boots the Chemist Ltd May 1995

R v Joint Committee on Higher Medical Training ex parte Goldstein Court of Appeal
[1993] 11 BMLR 10

R v Thanet District Council ex parte Haddow
[1992] RA 245

R v Life Assurance and Unit Trust Organisation Ltd, ex parte Ross
[1992] 3 WLR 549

R v Lancashire County Council, ex parte Ingham
“The Times” June 1996

Pearce v Governing Body of Mayfield School
“The Times” April 19, 2000

B v Harrow LBC
(No.1) [2000] 1 WLR 223

R v Secretary of State for Education and Employment ex p. W
[1998] Ed. CR 135

R v Funding Agency for Schools ex p. Essex CC
[1998] Ed. CR 219

Phelps v Hillingdon LBC
[1997] 3 FCR 621

R (on the application of S) v Swindon Borough Council
[2001] EWHC Admin 334

Gulf Azov Shipping Co Ltd v Chief Idisi
[2001] EWCA Civ 491; [2001] 1 Lloyd\'s Rep. 727

Preston and others v Wolverhampton NHS Trust and others (No 2)
[2001] WLR 408; [2000] All ER (EC) 714

Hagen v ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd
[2002] IRLR 31

Articles & Books

Lord Longford lecture - 10 July 2002

Speech for Barnardo\'s on Children\'s Rights - Researched & Written by Anna Rothwell. September 24 2002

Speech for British Institue of Human Rights, \'A New Century: Challenges Facing Children\'s Rights in the UK\' - 23 January 2003, London

Speech for Human Rights Conference, \'The Human Rights Act: Riding the Tidal Wave\' - 28 March 2003, Edinburgh