As a ‘standout in terms of dealing with matters that are cutting edge and may require litigating up to the higher courts’, Matrix Chambers includes ’strong multi-disciplinarians‘ for group litigation in fields such as competition, environmental, employment, media and data protection law. Antony White KC has been involved in many high-profile data protection and privacy cases of recent years, and is currently member of a team of counsel representing Meta in Gormsen v Meta Platforms Inc, a case concerning an allegation that Facebook's terms and conditions, requiring consent to behaviour tracking for advertisements, was an abuse of a dominant position - the claim was not certified. Led by Richard Hermer KC and Edward Craven are representing 40,000 Nigerian claimants in claims concerning the liability of the largest oil company in Nigeria and its UK parent company, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, for mass oil pollution in mangrove swamps in the Niger Delta. Craven is working with Kate Boakes in representing tens of thousands of claimants in the Dieselgate emission group litigation against Jaguar Land Rover, Ford and BMW among others.
Testimonials
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- ‘The clerks are helpful and professional.’
- 'Elizabeth Bousher is very experienced and responsive.’
- ‘I have appreciated the work put in by the clerks, particularly Chris Smith. They are diligent, flexible and work hard to put together the right team.’
- ‘Chris Smith particularly impressive and proactive.’
- ‘Sarah Walker is very responsive, professional, and friendly.’
- ‘The barristers that we work with from Matrix are always of the highest quality.’
- ‘This set is a standout in terms of dealing with matters that are cutting edge and may require litigating up to the higher courts, or that touch on areas of international law and human rights. They are strong multi-disciplinarians and they are solid at all levels.’
- 'Matrix has real depth in group actions in the environmental, human rights, competition and data protection areas.’
- ‘Matrix are experts and are consistently top ranked for a reason.’
- ‘Matrix excel in human rights and data group litigation.’