Matrix Chambers

Barrister specialising in human rights law. Notable cases include: Secretary of State for Defence v Rusling (2003) – case concerning the granting of a war pension for the infliction of Gulf War Syndrome whilst on active duty; in re S (minors) (2002) – case concerning the implementation of care plans, the House of Lords considered the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the Children Act 1989; and Murphy v Salford Primary Care Trust (2008) – concerning the availability of anti-cancer drugs on the NHS; DM v Doncaster MBC (2011) – case concerning the requirement to provide care home accommodation.

Called 1997; professor of Human Rights Law, LSE; LSE; publications include ‘The European Convention on Human Rights and Civil Liberties: A Comparative Study’ (1997) (with A Tomkins (eds)) ‘Understanding Human Rights’ (1998); ‘Principles of Human Rights Adjudication’ (Oxford University Press 2004); ‘Can Human Rights Survive?’ (Cambridge University Press, 2006); ‘Civil Liberties’ (Oxford University Press 2007); and ‘Essays on Human Rights and Terrorism’ (Cameron May 2008); ‘Liberty and Security’ (Polity, 2013); with Douzinas (ed) ‘Cambridge Companion to Human Rights Law’ (Cambridge 2012); with Douzinas (ed) ‘The Meanings of Human Rights’ (Cambridge, 2014).

BCL (NUI); University of Cambridge (LLM PhD).