Charles Gomez


Charles A. Gomez is a Gibraltarian lawyer, politician, Leader of the right of centre New Gibraltar Democracy Party and an Honorary Professor of International Law at the University of Cadiz.

Biography

Gomez was born in Gibraltar on 23 April 1959 and was called to the Bars of England, Wales and Gibraltar in 1982.

Career

He was retained by the suspended Chief Justice of Gibraltar, Derek Schofield, in proceedings for the removal of Gibraltar's senior judge heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London which resulted in a 4/3 split of that court in a decision handed down on 12 November 2009. The decision is considered to be a major precedent in the field of judicial independence in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
Charles Gomez was a prominent member and spokesman of the "No vote" campaign for the 2006 constitution referendum on Gibraltar's current Constitution. He currently concentrates on his career as a barrister known for his involvement in complex cases including transnational cases, notably in defamation. In conjunction with the University of Cadiz, Spain he has since 2013 organized English law initiation lectures for Spanish undergraduates.

Other work

For several years in the 1990s he wrote a weekly piece in the newsweekly "Vox" and was at one time heavily involved in powerboat racing having organised Royal Yachting Association and Union Internationale Motonautique events in Gibraltar. He is a commentator on local Gibraltarian affairs and occasional participant in university seminars and TV debates. In 2015 he was appointed an honorary professor of law by the University of Cadiz.
Charles Gomez also writes a weekly column for the Olive Press which takes a legal analysis of the Brexit situation in Gibraltar. He is one of the promoters of "REACH-Alcance" newspaper.