London Bar
Administrative law and human rights
HALL OF FAME3Hugh Southey KC –Matrix Chambers 'Hugh is a key player in human rights law. He is completely on top of the facts and knows the case law inside out.'
Hugh Southey
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Position
Hugh Southey has led at all levels up to and including the Supreme Court as well as in the Privy Council, the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights. He has led in 26 hearings before the Supreme Court. Hugh has also litigated in a range of jurisdictions including Northern Ireland, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, the Turks and Caicos and the United States. Hugh specialises in public law in a wide range of fields including human rights, regulatory, prison law, inquests, crime, extradition, mental health, terrorism, immigration, discrimination and elections. Hugh litigates public law and human rights arguments both in judicial review proceedings and civil claims. Hugh also appears in criminal appeals and Court of Protection matters. Hugh’s human rights practice has expanded so that it includes a number of cases regarding privacy. Recent key cases including: R (A) v SSJ [2021] UKSC 37; R (Hemmati) v SSHD [2021] AC 143; R (P) v SSHD [2020] AC 185; R(Stott) v SSJ [2020] AC 51.
Education
Harrow Weald Sixth Form College; Imperial College (1987 MEng Chemical Engineering); City of London Polytechnic (1989 CPE and Law Society Finals).
Mentions
London Bar
Immigration (including business immigration)
HALL OF FAME1Hugh Southey KC – Matrix Chambers ‘Hugh is an excellent silk and one of the best in the field. He is incredibly knowledgeable about all things immigration related and has unrivalled experience on the claimant side in arguing some of the most cutting edge cases of the day.’
London Bar
Police law (claimant)
HALL OF FAME1Hugh Southey KC – Matrix Chambers 'Wonderfully supportive and approachable. Completely on top of the facts and knows the case law inside out.'