187 Chambers

Matthew is a hugely experienced criminal practitioner with a particular specialism defending in high-profile cases of serious and organised crime. He has excellent client care skills and an engaging, articulate and persuasive manner in court. He has achieved some remarkable results for his clients. He is adept at dealing with large volumes of materials and at dealing with complex computer evidence.

He is primarily a defence practitioner as leading and led Junior but also prosecutes for the CPS and privately for local authorities.

He worked for a City financial publisher prior to coming to the Bar.

Matthew has been instructed in all areas of crime of the utmost seriousness including cases of: murder; attempted murder; modern slavery; human trafficking; multiple cash-in-transit armed robberies; aggravated burglary; serious sexual offences including rape and assault by penetration; child pornography; firearms offences; large-scale drugs dealing, importation and cultivation; money-laundering; trademarks and copyright infringement cases and complex fraud where his knowledge of financial markets is a valuable asset.

Fluent French and German.

South Eastern Circuit; Criminal Bar Association.

BA (Hons) King’s College London; CPE City University; BVC Inns of Court School of Law; Sheldon Scholarship from Lincolns Inn (Pupillage); Sir Thomas More Bursary from Lincolns Inn (BVC).

Cricket, skiing, theatre, art, literature, spending time with his family.