David Reade QC appeared for Boots Management Services Ltd in their application for judicial review of a decision of the CAC in the application for statutory recognition brought by the Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union. The hearing before Mr Justice Keith concerns the impact on the statutory recognition procedure of Article 11 of the ECHR and the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Demir and Baykara v Turkey [2009] IRLR 766. Judgment has been reserved. David Reade was instructed by Baker and McKenzie.