Matrix Chambers' 'smart and creative' team is very well known for advising on group litigation in the areas of data protection, media, international human rights, consumer and environmental law. Edward Craven KC has 'outstanding legal knowledge and technical skills, and vast experience of the practical challenges of complex group litigation'; he was appointed to silk in March 2025. Craven and Kate Boakes continue to act in Milasi Josiya v British American Tobacco Plc & Imperial Brands Plc, a group action involving over 7,000 Malawian tobacco farmers bringing claims of unjust enrichment, negligence and conversion.
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Kate is described in the legal directories as “an extraordinary lawyer who analytically is absolutely first rate”, “a first class rising star”, and “very hardworking”, with “a very nice court presence” and “a maturity beyond her year of call”.
Most of her work is in the field of private international law, primarily acting in claims arising out of human rights abuses or environmental harm. She also acts in domestic cases, typically in claims concerning serious injury, disease, or product liability. Many of her cases are group actions, and she enjoys working on large-scale litigation as part of a team.
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