The Rt Hon Lord Justice Bean
The Rt Hon Lord Justice Singh
The Hon Mr Justice Julian Knowles
The Hon Mr Justice Linden
The Hon Mr Justice Squires
The Rt Hon Lord Justice Bean
Sir David Bean was a founding member of Matrix, specialising in employment, discrimination, education and public law. He took silk in 1997 and was Chairman of the Bar Council of England and Wales in 2002. He was a Recorder of the Crown Court between 1996-2004 and appointed as a High Court judge (Queen’s Bench Division) in 2004. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2014 and in 2025 was appointed Vice-President of the Civil Division.
The Rt Hon Lord Justice Singh
Sir Rabinder Singh was a founding member of Matrix when we were established in 2000. Before taking silk in 2002, he was a member of the Attorney General’s A Panel. He was acknowledged as a leading silk in constitutional and public law, as well as human rights and civil liberties. In 2003, Rabinder was appointed a deputy High Court judge and, in 2004, a Recorder of the Crown Court. In 2011, he was appointed a Justice of the High Court and assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division. From 2013 to 2016 he was a Presiding Judge of the South Eastern Circuit and in 2017 was the Administrative Court Liaison Judge for Wales and the Midland and Western Circuits. He was a Visiting Professor at the LSE from 2002 to 2009, a Visiting Fellow at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford from 2016 to 2019, and is now an Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham and an Honorary Fellow at University College London. Rabinder was promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2017 and was the President of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal from 2018 until 2025. He continues to sit in the Court of Appeal.
The Hon Mr Justice Julian Knowles
Sir Julian Knowles was a founding member of Matrix when it was established in 2000. Julian was called to the Bar in 1994; was appointed as a Recorder in 2009; took silk in 2011; and was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge sitting in the Family Division in 2017.
Julian’s international practice saw him called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, frequently appearing as a barrister before the Courts in the British Virgin Islands and St Kitts. He was called ad hoc to the Bar of Northern Ireland, and regularly advised clients in offshore jurisdictions including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, as well as in Hong Kong. A leading silk, Julian was renowned for his practice in complex criminal law and fraud, extradition, human rights law [especially death penalty cases], public law and media law; he was the author of the pre-eminent book on extradition law [“The Law of Extradition and Mutual Assistance” [OUP]], with Clive Nicholls KC and Clare Montgomery KC.
He was appointed as a Justice of the High Court in October 2017, and sits in the King’s Bench Division.
The Hon Mr Justice Linden
Sir Thomas Linden was a founding member of Matrix. He was called to the bar in 1989 and took silk in 2006. Thomas served on the Attorney General’s ‘A’ Panel of Treasury Counsel, was the Chair of the Visitatorial Board of Oxford University and is a Bencher at Gray’s Inn. He was appointed as a Recorder in 2005 and as a Deputy High Court Judge in 2019. He was appointed as a High Court Judge in 2020 and sits in the King’s Bench Division. He is a Presiding Judge on the Western Circuit.
Tom was best known for his employment, discrimination and sports related work, and acted for a wide range of clients. He appeared in over a hundred reported cases and a number of landmark cases in his fields in the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union.
The Hon Mr Justice Squires
Dan Squires KC was an early member of Matrix, specialising in public law, representing a wide range of claimants, government departments and other public authorities. He took silk in 2016 and has sat as a Deputy High Court Judge since 2018. Dan has also been a Visiting Professor at the School of Law of Queen Mary University of London since 2013, and was Adjunct Professor of Law, Northeastern University, Boston (2010-2011) and a Fellow at the Kennedy School, Harvard University (2003-2004).
He was appointed as a Justice of the High Court in October 2026, and sits in the King’s Bench Division.