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Richard Booth KC KC
Position
Richard Booth KC has practised at 1 Crown Office Row since being called to the Bar by Middle Temple in 1993 and is our current Head of Chambers.
He specialises in clinical negligence, disciplinary / regulatory law, personal injury (especially brain and sports injuries), costs, inquests and sports law.
Career
Call: 1993; KC: 2013; Middle Temple.
Junior counsel to the Crown (Attorney General’s regional panel) 2000-2012;
Recorder (Wales Circuit) since 2008.
Richard grew up in South Wales before taking degrees in Cambridge and Brussels. As a junior, he had a broad base of advocacy experience in a variety of courts and tribunals the length and breadth of the country.
Languages
French, Spanish.
Memberships
Bar European Group; Professional Negligence Bar Association; Employment Law Bar Association; Personal Injury Bar Association; Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; British Association for Sport and Law.
Education
Monmouth School; Michaelhouse, Natal; Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (MA Hons); Université Libre de Bruxelles (Master’s in European Law – Lic.Spec.Dr.Eur).
Leisure
Sport (especially rugby), surfing, promoting live music.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Richard Booth KC – 1 Crown Office Row ‘Richard has a great grasp of regulatory arguments and tribunals. He has excellent judgement.’
Regarded as ‘one of the leading sets in the field of professional discipline‘, 1 Crown Office Row leverages its expertise in clinical negligence law to assist healthcare sector clients with disciplinary issues. The team is also regularly instructed in disciplinary hearings in the legal, sport and accountancy sectors, to name a few. Recent instructions for the group include Robert Kellar KC successfully acting for the defendant in GDC v Williams, a Court of Appeal case involving the issue of whether ‘top-up’ fees were permissible under NHS regulations; the Court ruled that the regulations allowed for top-up fees under certain circumstances. Clodagh Bradley KC’s ‘advocacy is exemplary‘, and Richard Booth KC is highly regarded for his expertise in defending veterinary and healthcare professionals before disciplinary tribunals.
London Bar > Clinical negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Richard Booth KC –1 Crown Office Row ‘Divine to work with, thorough and confident, oozes seniority and expertise and brilliant with clients.’