Matrix offers an unrivalled combination of specialist skills and experience in national and international crime.  Practising in 16 different areas, our members have a range of talent that cuts across the traditional boundaries of the Bar. 

The need for expertise in rights-based jurisprudence in the domestic and international criminal courts has never been greater, and members of matrix are recognised as having a wealth of skills and experience in these areas.  We are in the unique position of having a cross-over of leading experts in public international law and criminal practice. 

A unique combination of strengths and experience:

- Specialists in a wide range of areas of serious crime including commercial crime, official secrets and espionage, terrorism, money laundering, international criminal tribunals, arms and drugs importations and homicide (including corporate manslaughter)

- Varied white collar criminal work including corporate manslaughter, insider dealing, business blackmail and international conspiracies to defraud

- Expertise in many types of regulatory law from financial services and disciplinary tribunals to media organisations and health and safety work; acting for and against regulatory bodies

- Acting for major corporations and private individuals in criminal and civil regulatory work including FSA investigations, money laundering, insider dealing, asset recovery, proceeds of crime,
confiscation proceedings, insolvency and High Court restraint proceedings

- Leading practitioners in extradition, asset restraint and confiscation, and international mutual assistance

- In-depth experience of miscarriage of justice cases and references to the CCRC.  Numerous landmark Court of Appeal and House of Lords cases, capital appeals to the Privy Council and Strasbourg litigation

- Unique blend of criminal and public law experience: acting for a range of clients in criminal-related judicial review, prosecutions and inquests relating to death or injury in prisons

- Leading authors in human rights, criminal justice, due process, extradition and asset recovery

In addition:

Matrix members come from a wide-range of backgrounds and previous careers, with the ability and expertise to provide support in large cases, e.g. financial services and economics

Matrix provides high-quality facilities for case meetings and video conferencing

Matrix members are pioneers in the use of IT and present cases using advanced technology in criminal courts throughout the country