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Daniel Squires KC
Position
Practice encompasses national security, financial sanctions, prison law, police powers, social welfare law education, discrimination, privacy, EU law and commercial/regulatory judicial review. Involved in over a dozen European Court of Human Rights and Supreme Court cases including on financial sanctions, prison segregation, interception of communications, airport stops under the Terrorism Act, religious freedoms in the workplace, race discrimination in school admissions, and the retention of DNA and maintenance of databases by the police. .
Career
Called 1998; QC 2016. On the A panel of the Equality and Human Rights Commission and before taking silk was a member of the Treasury A Panel.
Education
Christ’s College, Cambridge (BA first class); Harvard Law School (LLM); London School of Economics (MSc).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Education
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Matrix Chambers is noted for its wide-reaching expertise in education law, with a growing reputation for acting in case law-shaping cases for schools, universities, individuals, and governmental bodies. Recent highlights include David Wolfe KC‘s appearance challenging the Government’s conversion of London’s Holland Park School into part of a multi-academy trust, with notable implications for the national academisation program. Sarah Hannett KC advised the University of Essex on a high-profile threatened judicial review surrounding the university’s harassment policies. Daniel Squires KC conducted a noteworthy investigation into an independent school’s teaching of politically sensitive issues, while Helen Mountfield KC represented a visually impaired student in a race and disability discrimination claim against the Oxford Union after he was removed from a debate by security staff. The set’s profile was further bolstered with Claire Darwin KC and Nick Armstrong KC taking silk in 2023.
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Daniel Squires KC –Matrix Chambers ‘A first-class advocate with extensive experience at the forefront of human rights law.‘