Mathew’s practice includes all aspects of employment law, discrimination law, human rights and civil liberties, and public law. He is on the Attorney General’s C Panel and is a member of the Bar Pro Bono Unit and ELAAS. He is recommended as ‘responsive, sensible, effective, incisive and clear’ by the Legal 500 and as ‘rated by the market’ by Chambers and Partners.
Mathew has broad experience in public law and human rights, including community care, education, housing and civil actions against the police, from early advisory work to judicial review. He is a contributing editor of The Law on Human Rights (OUP, 2nd ed) and a contributor to Human Rights Practice (Sweet and Maxwell). Mathew has a strong interest in all aspects of education law and acts for parents/children, local authorities and schools at all levels. He has appeared in a number of judicial review claims.
Mathew has have a busy and varied employment law practice, acting for individual claimants, employers, and trade unions. He regularly appears before the Employment Appeal Tribunal and has made several appearances before the Court of Appeal, generally unled. Significant past cases include one of the conjoined cases in Igen v Wong (CA, burden of proof in discrimination claims) and M&P Steelcraft v Ellis (EAT, employment status of prisoner).
He regularly gives talks and seminars on a number of matters, including discrimination, TUPE and education issues.