BIHR Patrons

We are very grateful for the support we receive from our patrons.

Their work for BIHR has included delivering Lunchtime Lectures, speaking at the Sieghart Lecture and addressing the Annual Reception.

Cherie Booth QC

Cherie Booth QC is a barrister, mother of four children and the wife of the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. She was born in Bury in 1954 and moved shortly afterwards to Liverpool where she grew up. After studying Law at the London School of Economics (LSE), she came top of her year in her bar examinations and was called to the Bar in 1976. She became a Queen's Counsel in 1995 and now specialises in Public, Employment and European Community Law at Matrix Chambers, Gray's Inn, London. She is a Recorder and Bencher of Lincoln's Inn and an Honorary Bencher of King's Inn, Dublin. She is a founder member of the European Employment Lawyers Association and the European Women Lawyers Association.

Jon Snow

Jon Snow has been a broadcast journalist with ITN since March 1976. He has reported from Africa, the Middle East, Iran, Iraq, central and Latin America and been a resident correspondent in Rome (1979) and Washington (1983-1987). He has been the main presenter of Channel 4 News since April 1989. He has won a number of awards including the 2005 BAFTA for best factual contribution to British television. He studied law at Liverpool University before being sent down following political disturbances in 1970. He is a trustee of the Tate and National Galleries.

The Rt. Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond

Brenda Hale became the first woman 'Lord of Appeal in Ordinary' in January 2004, after a varied career, first as an academic lawyer, then as a member of the Law Commission, and then as a High Court, Court of Appeal and now House of Lords judge. She has specialised in Family and Welfare Law, taking a special interest in equality issues.