Matrix Chambers

Practises in all aspects of public law. Recent cases include For Women Scotland, the challenge to VAT on private school fees (ALR), the challenge to protest regulations (National Council for Civil Liberties), the challenge to a prohibition on prayer rituals in school (TTT), the ongoing ECtHR litigation concerning the revocation of same-sex marriage in Bermuda (Ferguson), litigation on non-binary identity (Elan-Cane), and the lawfulness of criminal acts committed by MI5 agents (Privacy International). Particular areas of expertise include human rights, equality law, education, national security, election and regulatory law.

Member of the A-Panel of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Panel of Preferred Counsel. Prior to taking silk, member of the Attorney General’s A panel of counsel. Previously: Fellow at the Center for Constutional Rights in New York (Pegasus Scholar); lecturer in law at King’s College, London; visiting professor at McGill University.

Publications

Recent publications include (as co-author) Blackstone’s Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 (2024), Special Educational Needs and the Law (2017), and (as a contributing author) National Security Law, Procedure and Practice (2024), Information Rights (2024).

LLB (University of Nottingham); LLM in Human Rights and Comparative Law (McGill University, Canda); Commonwealth Scholar.