Matrix Chambers excels across the full spectrum of police claimant work, with clients benefitting from the set’s in-depth knowledge of related areas of law, including criminal, public, media, and information law. Phillippa Kaufmann KC is a port of call for civil claims against violent police, while Raj Desai's focus areas include state culpability for deaths with discrimination elements. Ifeanyi Odogwu‘s workload includes an instruction regarding the police use of a Taser on a mentally ill man on Westminster Bridge. Jesse Nicholls is representing the family of a man shot and killed by police firearm officers in West London in 2021, after reportedly being seen entering a bank and a betting shop with a firearm.
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Raj specialises in public and human rights law. His practice encompasses prison law, civil actions against the police, inquests and inquiries work, equality law, asylum and immigration, information law and education law. He also has experience of international law work.
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