Matrix Chambers‘ expertise in crime, human rights, administrative and police law inform its work in major inquests and inquiries. Hugh Southey KC is acting in the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, while James Robottom and Rosalind Comyn are representing the families of the deceased and one survivor in the Cranston Inquiry into the deaths of over 20 people arising from the capsizing of a migrant dinghy in 2021. Jesse Nicholls is sought after for his expertise in handling Article 2 inquests arising from the deaths of vulnerable people.
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