Members of Matrix practice in nearly all areas of the law affecting local authorities.  We have specialists in education law, environmental law, data protection and freedom of information, election law, and public law in general.

In addition to leading cases in all of the above areas members of the team have appeared in a wide range of high specialised local government matters in recent years.  These have included:

* the power of the Secretary of State to instruct police authority's to comply with instructions to suspend a Chief Constable

* breach of confidence and public interest in the disclosure of information i connection with Public Private Partnerships (PPP)

* the powers of public bodies to enter into contracts for the private provision, improvement and maintenance of public transport infrastructure