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Matrix Chambers
GRIFFIN BUILDING, GRAY'S INN
LONDON
WC1R 5LN
England
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Position

Expertise in all aspects of criminal law, human rights and public law. He has particular experience in public inquiries, inquests and regulatory investigations focussed on human rights and rule of law compliance.

Career

Called 1996; QC 2013; Temporary High Court Judge (Northern Ireland) 2020. Recent Publications include: ‘Inquests: A Practitioners’ Guide’ (3rd edition LAG 2014); ‘Torture and Modernity’ (2013) 5 EHRLR 494 and ‘A Common Law of Human Rights: History, Humanity and Dignity” (2016) 4 EHRLR 378. He is a contributing editor of ‘Archbold Criminal Practice and Pleadings’ (Human Rights Chapter).

Education

Wadham College, Oxford (1992 BA Hons Modern History); London School of Economics (1995 LLM).

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Administrative law and human rights

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4

Danny Friedman KCMatrix ChambersHe can spot difficult public law issues and think through knotty legal matters.’

London Bar > Crime

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4

Danny Friedman KC – Matrix Chambers

London Bar > Inquests and inquiries

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2

Danny Friedman KCMatrix Chambers ‘Danny is a superb inquiry silk: forensically smart; a passionate advocate; and thoroughly charming.’