Matrix Chambers
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| Headquarters | Gray's Inn, London |
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| No. of lawyers | Over 90 practitioners |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Date founded | 2000 |
| Website | matrixlaw.co.uk |
Matrix Chambers is a barristers' chambers in Gray's Inn, London, Brussels, Belgium and Geneva, Switzerland. The set was founded in April 2000 by 22 barristers from 7 different chambers and now has over 90 independent and specialist lawyers who work throughout the UK and have an extensive international presence.
Set up in 2000, Matrix broke new ground in being a specialist set, focusing on criminal law, constitutional law and human rights, with an international perspective. Matrix is governed by its core values and has a reputation as a professional and approachable set where diversity, accessibility and client care are widely championed.
History[]
Matrix was founded shortly before the implementation of the Human Rights Act in October 2000. It caused mild controversy when it was leaked that "a new chambers was being set up with many of the leading and most high-profile barristers in the area of human rights – who had all been headhunted."[1]
Members include: Lord Brennan QC, Professor Conor Gearty, Lord Ken Macdonald QC, Clare Montgomery QC, Tim Owen QC, Philippe Sands QC, Hugh Tomlinson QC, Professor Takis Tridimas, Ben Silverstone, and Helen Mountfield QC.[2]
Practice areas[]
- Commercial Law
- Competition and EU
- Crime
- Employment Law
- International Arbitration
- Investigations
- Media and Information Law
- Public International Law
- Public Law
References[]
- ^ The Independent, May 2000
- ^ "Members – Matrix Chambers". Matrix Chambers. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
External links[]
- Barristers' chambers in the United Kingdom
- 2000 establishments in the United Kingdom
- Law firms based in London