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David Wolfe KC KC
Position
Barrister specialising in advising and acting for claimants in relation to human rights and public law challenges involving judicial review including, in particular, local government, education, environment, equality, community care; mental health and disability.
Career
Called 1992; Middle.
Memberships
ALBA; PEBA; UKELA; DLA.
Education
University of Manchester (BSc Meng); University of Cambridge (PhD)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Education
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1David Wolfe KC – Matrix Chambers ‘David is prompt and incisive in terms of his advice, has an unrivalled level of experience in education law, thinks creatively, is an excellent black letter lawyer and is always open to bringing novel challenges. His pleadings are always superb and he is a very well-respected advocate due to the level of expertise, his eloquence and his persuasion.’
Barristers at Matrix Chambers are known for their excellent handling of education law matters for an array of clients, including individual students or parents, as well as the Department of Education and a variety of statutory bodies. David Wolfe KC and Katy Sheridan acted for the claimants in R (Bowen) v Kent County Council, challenging the decision of Kent County Council to refuse to consider a humanist for membership of local authority Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education. Claire Darwin KC represented the Department of Education in a judicial review against admission arrangements, including the nomination of a primary school as a feeder school, for Langley Park School for Boys and Langley Park School for Girls for the September 2023 intake were challenged as unfair. Nick Armstrong KC is lauded for being ‘particularly good at difficult cross-examination in the context of the girst-tier tribunal, knowing exactly when and to what extent to ask the difficult questions, whilst displaying a sense of empathy’.
London Bar > Agriculture
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3David Wolfe KC – Matrix Chambers ‘Scarily bright and can understand where clients are coming from and scientific aspects of issue. David knows the law and can explain it to non-lawyers.’
London Bar > Court of Protection: health and welfare
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3David Wolfe KC –Matrix Chambers ‘David has an excellent understanding of human rights law, and his advocacy is very methodical and thorough. He is very compelling on his feet.’
London Bar > European Union relations
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3David Wolfe KC –Matrix Chambers ‘David’s practice includes judicial review challenges to planning and environmental cases in which his expert knowledge of EU law (on which most of our UK regulatory scheme is still based) gives him a competitive edge over most of his rivals.‘
London Bar > Planning
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3David Wolfe KC –Matrix Chambers ‘David is intelligent, hard working and knowledgeable.’