Richard Booth KC to chair personal injury conference - Apr 2024
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 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.
He specialises in clinical negligence, disciplinary / regulatory law, personal injury (especially brain and sports injuries), costs, inquests and sports law.
Richard is recognised as a ‘Leading Silk’ in Clinical Negligence and Professional Discipline by Chambers & Partners and was nominated for their 2018 ‘Professional Discipline Silk of the Year’ Award.
Having originally studied Modern Languages at Cambridge, Richard has a good working knowledge of Spanish and French.
View full profile »Richard Booth KC successful in horseracing case - Jan 2024
Richard Booth KC, instructed by Adam Flacks and Teona Phatsatsia of LK Law via a pro bono referral from Sport Resolutions, recently represented a work rider charged with a betting offence before the...
Richard Booth KC and Owain Thomas KC to speak at Clinical Negligence Conference - Nov 2023
Richard Booth KC and Owain Thomas KC will be among the excellent line up of speakers at the Legal Training Consultancy's conference, Clinical Negligence Update 2023, on 14th November 2023. The...
Richard Booth KC to speak at the Clinical Negligence 2023 Conference - Apr 2023
Richard Booth KC will be speaking at the Legal Training Consultancy's conference - Clinical Negligence 2023 on 20th April 2023. The conference will cover a range of topical and important subjects for...
Richard Booth KC instructed in Joe Marler rugby disciplinary hearing - Dec 2022
Richard Booth KC has been instructed by Angus Hetherington and David Barnes of the Rugby Football Union to present the case against Joe Marler of Harlequins and England at a hearing on 30th December...
Richard Booth QC to speak at the Personal Injury Update 2022 – An Online Half Day Conference - Jun 2022
Richard Booth QC will be speaking at the Personal Injury Update 2022 - An Online Half Day Conference on 28th June 2022. The conference, organised by the Legal Training Consultancy, will cover a range...
Richard Booth QC in Six Nations rugby case - May 2022
Richard Booth QC, instructed by Angus Hetherington, Legal Counsel in Discipline at the Rugby Football Union, represented Dr Nigel Rayner, England U20 Team Doctor, before the Six Nations Disciplinary...
Pupillage Application Tips and Life at the Bar with 1COR - Dec 2021
Join our barristers for a remote discussion on everything from applying for Pupillage, life at 1COR and more on Wednesday 19th January 2022. You'll also have a chance to ask our barristers questions...
Legal Training Clinical Negligence Half Day Online Conference for the Lee Spark NF Foundation - Sep 2021
Join Chair Clodagh Bradley QC and expert speakers including Richard Booth QC for the popular half-day online clinical negligence conference by the Legal Training Consultancy. This year it focuses on a...
Clinical Negligence Half Day Online Conference for the Lee Spark NF Foundation - Sep 2020
Hear from expert speakers including Richard Booth QC for this half-day online conference by the Legal Training Consultancy focusing on a carefully selected range of important topical issues and...
£37 million awarded to young boy left brain damaged at birth - Jul 2020
In what is thought to be among the largest clinical negligence claims against the NHS, a young boy has been awarded £37 million in compensation. A delay in arranging an emergency caesarean because...
Brain damaged child receives over £11m in compensation in clinical negligence claim - May 2020
A girl born at Singleton Hospital, Swansea, was left catastrophically injured as a result of a delay in her delivery. She now suffers from cerebral palsy, learning difficulties and developmental...
Members of chambers participate in Inner Temple outreach day - Nov 2019
This week, three members of 1 Crown Office Row volunteered their time to participate in Inner Temple’s Schools Day events. These events, run in collaboration with the Sutton Trust and other...
Silks at 1COR on both sides in £30m Birth Injury Settlement - Oct 2019
The Claimant, a young boy, was delivered by emergency caesarean section but had been deprived of oxygen, causing brain injury. As a young child he consistently exhibited volatile behaviour which...
1COR Brighton’s annual Ghulam Hussain Volleyball Cup is here! - Jul 2019
Each year, 1COR Brighton raise money for the Rockinghorse Appeal and remember fellow barrister Ghulam Hussain. This hugely popular event is going from strength to strength in its 9th year with 15...
Looking forward to the AvMA Clinical Negligence Conference 2019 - Jun 2019
1COR are delighted to take part in this year's AvMA Clinical Negligence Conference at the Royal Armouries, Leeds. 11:00 Lecture L: Vicarious Liability Post-Paterson Richard Booth QC Stand 11 ...
1COR walk in the LLST’s London Legal Walk 2019 - Jun 2019
These 1COR boots are made for walking...in the London Legal Walk 2019! Each year 1COR raise money to provide access to justice through their support of the London Legal Support Trust (LLST). Each...
Richard Booth QC successfully defends vet accused of dishonesty - May 2019
Richard Booth QC, instructed by James Preece of Clyde & Co, has successfully defended a veterinary surgeon who was accused of dishonesty and of having been complicit in the taking of new-born...
Richard Booth QC to chair AvMA’s Medico-Legal Issues in Accident & Emergency Care Conference - Mar 2019
In what promises to be a comprehensive conference including topics ranging from Sepsis, Emergency Care and who provides it and Common Orthopaedic Injuries, we are delighted that Richard Booth QC has...
1COR named ‘Personal Injury/Clinical Negligence Set of the Year’ in the Legal 500 UK Awards 2019 - Feb 2019
Last night Head of Chambers Richard Booth QC, Senior Clerk Matthew Phipps and Marketing Manager Olivia Kaplan enjoyed a lovely evening at the Legal 500 UK Awards 2019 ceremony. Having a focus on the...
Richard Booth QC and Robert Kellar to speak at MBL Clinical Negligence 2018 Conference - Nov 2018
We are delighted that Richard Booth QC has been asked to speak at the annual Management, Business, Law (MBL) Clinical Negligence Conference on 28th November 2018 along with Robert Kellar. The popular,...
The End, the Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning: Erasure, Remediation and Rights of Appeal in Disciplinary Proceedings - Nov 2018
This seminar, with opening remarks from Richard Booth QC and chaired by Clodagh Bradley QC, will look at Erasure, Remediation and Rights of Appeal relating to professional discipline and regulatory...
The Liability of Private Hospitals & Clinics: Lessons from the Paterson Litigation - Nov 2018
This seminar will look at developments in the law relating to vicarious liability following the Paterson Litigation. A hypothetical case study will be debated between a claimant and defendant team of...
Richard Booth QC wins damages for psychiatric injury for mother of child with cerebral palsy - Nov 2018
In YAH v Medway NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 2964, the Court had to consider two live questions: In circumstances where the Defendant had admitted negligent delay in delivery of a baby who...
Delighted to announce that Richard Booth QC and Philip Havers QC are nominated for Chambers Bar Awards - Oct 2018
Tonight is the night we get to find out the results of the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards 2019. We are thrilled that our former head of chambers, Philip Havers QC and current head of chambers,...
Brain damaged child receives over £18m in compensation in clinical negligence claim - Oct 2018
A boy born at Singleton Hospital, Swansea, was left catastrophically injured in the first few days of his life. He now suffers from cerebral palsy, learning difficulties, developmental delay and...
Chambers is delighted to announce that Richard Booth QC will take over from Philip Havers QC as Head of Chambers - Oct 2018
Philip himself took over as Head of Chambers from his predecessor, Robert Seabrook QC, on October 2nd 2006 and has been re-elected unopposed for two further four-year terms. At that time, Chambers...
Capsticks Seminar ‘Resolving obstetric claims: medicine and the law’ with Richard Booth QC - Sep 2018
In partnership with NHS Resolution, Capsticks are arranging an external seminar on how to best resolve obstetrics claims. Richard Booth QC is delighted to join Professor Steve Thornton from Queen...
Law Pod UK Ep. 39: Employment/Disciplinary injunction success for psychiatrist - Jul 2018
Richard Booth QC joins Emma-Louise Fenelon to discuss a successful employment injunction to prevent a gross misconduct disciplinary hearing. Listen to this episode on Audioboom here. All episodes...
Richard Booth QC wins Montgomery claim for the defendant - Apr 2018
Richard Booth QC has successfully defended a clinical negligence claim where it was alleged that the Defendant NHS Trust’s doctors had negligently failed to inform the Claimant, who was suffering...
Richard Booth QC defends Ebola crisis volunteer - Mar 2017
Richard Booth QC, instructed by Kirsty Jeeves of the Medical Defence Union, represented Dr Hannah Ryan in disciplinary proceedings brought by the General Medical Council before the Medical...
Blanket doping bans and human rights. Does a blanket ban on Russian athletes competing at Rio 2016 contravene human rights law? - Jan 2017
Richard Booth QC and Gideon Barth have written an article exploring the legal implications on the blanket doping bans on Russian athletes competing in Rio 2016. The article is for Volume 7, No 4...
Richard Booth QC successfully defends stroke and secondary victim claims - Aug 2015
Richard Booth QC, instructed by Bevan Brittan, has successfully defended clinical negligence claims in relation to stroke and psychiatric injury (secondary victim) in Owers v Medway NHS Foundation...
Richard Booth QC in inquest where expert states that the death of a child could have been avoided - Jun 2015
Richard Booth QC, instructed by Rachel Heelis of Hodge Jones & Allen, acted for the parents of William Oscar Mead at an Inquest into his death before HM Coroner for Cornwall in Truro on Wednesday...
1COR quiz team wins the Leigh Day / Silverlining Brain Injury Charity Quiz night - Feb 2015
1COR beat all the competition in the Leigh Day / Silverlining Brain Injury Quiz on Thursday 12 February 2015. The team consisted of 8 members of Chambers; Amelia Walker, Lois Williams, Judith...
Richard Booth QC successfully defends GPs against allegations of negligence - Jan 2015
In a judgment handed down by HHJ Denyer QC in the Bristol CJC on 5th January 2015 (following a 5 day trial in November 2014) in the case of Heal v B & W, allegations of clinical negligence against...
Richard Booth QC defends Consultant Breast Surgeon in GMC - May 2013
After a GMC Fitness to Practise Panel hearing (GMC v D) which lasted a total of 13 weeks, starting in August 2012 and finishing in April 2013, and which involved twelve patient cases at the outset,...
Richard Booth succeeds in application for Silk - Feb 2013
