The Matrix election law team has unrivalled experience in all aspects of election law, in the UK and internationally, including advising the Electoral Commission, election petition work, boundary commission enquiries and human rights cases.  Matrix’s election law expertise intersects with other areas of its work, including discrimination law, trade union law, human rights and media law.

Matrix practitioners have a wide range of experience in election law issues, in a variety of contexts and jurisdictions. 

They have been involved in many of the recent notable high profile cases in this field, including R (on the application of Robertson) v Wakefield District Council (2001); R (Pearson & Martinez) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2001); Hirst v United Kingdom (2003); Knight v Nicholl; and, in South Africa, August v Electoral Commission; and Western Cape v Electoral Commission. They have also been involved in a considerable number of election petitions and boundary commission inquiries, for a number of political parties and returning officers.

Matrix also has an extensive advisory practice in this field.  Members have advised diverse clients including the Electoral Commission, several major political parties, returning officers, the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Disability Rights Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality on electoral issues.

Election law intersects with other areas of Matrix expertise, and members of Matrix also have expertise in elections in a variety of contexts other than general, local and European elections.  For example, members of Matrix have advised a number of political parties and the Equal Opportunities Commission concerning the representation of women and minority ethnic groups; the Disability Rights Commission on the rights of disabled voters, and a number of local authorities and the Commission for Racial Equality on hate speech and use of premises for electoral meetings.  They have also been involved in trade union election issues, and the role of the Central Arbitration Committee in conducting workplace ballots.