MEET:
Radha Bhatt
Radha practises in media, information and public law
Radha’s practice encompasses all aspects of media, information and public law.
Radha has significant experience of media, information and privacy litigation. She also regularly provides pre-publication legal and regulatory advice in relation to print and broadcast media.
Recent experience includes:
- Acting for several claimants in the Pegasus spyware privacy actions against foreign states arising out of the use of sophisticated spyware.
- Advising an NGO on potential civil, criminal and regulatory routes to challenging the surveillance of, and obtaining of sensitive information about, mobile phone users in the UK.
- Acting in the Mobile Telephone Voicemail Interception Litigation.
- Acting for a company in defamation proceedings arising from social media posts by a well-known artist.
- Providing pre-publication legal and regulatory advice, in relation to print and broadcast media, to clients including national newspapers and broadcasters.
- Advising on privacy and data protection claims arising from the retention of information on police databases.
- Advising on the public and private law aspects of the disclosure of information arising from criminal investigations and convictions, including in appeals against DBS barring decisions.
Radha has an academic background in media and privacy law, and is a contributing author to the forthcoming edition of Online Publication Claims: A Practical Guide. Whilst studying in the US, she took courses in the First Amendment at UPenn and in privacy and cybersecurity at Wharton.
Radha has experience in a range of public law matters spanning police and prison law, inquests and inquiries, education and equality law.
Recent experience includes:
- Acting for a human rights NGO in an intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in a case concerning the UK government’s complicity in unlawful detention and torture.
- Acting for claimants in police claims, including claims under the Human Rights Act and claims for personal injury arising from police violence, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and misfeasance, unlawful search warrants, seizure of property, and data protection and misuse of private information.
- Advising an NGO on avenues for strategic litigation to decriminalise homosexuality in another jurisdiction.
- Acting for care organisations in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
- Acting for bereaved families in Article 2 inquests touching on deaths in custody (and in related civil claims).
- Acting in SEND tribunal appeals.
Before joining Matrix, Radha worked in a range of public law and human rights roles including:
- Working at Hickman & Rose on actions against the police, data protection, Article 2 inquests and the Undercover Policing and Grenfell Tower public inquiries.
- Conducting research at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law into children’s rights, access to justice, and sub-national constitutionalism.
Working with the office of the UN Special Rapporteur for Extra-Judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions on a project concerning international armed violence reduction programmes that was coordinated by the Cambridge Centre for Governance and Human Rights.
Radha holds a First in History from Cambridge, where she was elected a King’s Scholar for outstanding academic achievement and received the Cambridge University Not-for-Profit Award.
Radha subsequently obtained a Distinction in her Graduate Diploma in Law and studied for the Bar Course with the assistance of several scholarships including Lord Denning and Residential Scholarships from Lincoln’s Inn and an academic scholarship from City Law School.
Immediately before undertaking her traineeship, Radha was awarded a Thouron Fellowship to study for a (fully funded) LLM at UPenn, where she specialised in media law (including the law of the First Amendment, defamation and privacy) and constitutional law. Radha took additional courses in internet law, privacy and cybersecurity at the Wharton School of Business (GPA 4.0).
Radha is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. In order to provide legal services to their clients, including advice and representation services, Radha needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes their client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which they are instructed. To read Radha’s privacy notice in full, please see here.
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE:
- Civil Liberties and Human Rights
- Commercial Public Law
- Court Orders affecting the Media
- Data Protection
- Defamation and Privacy
- Education Law
- Election Law
- Employment Law
- Environmental Law and Natural Resources
- Extradition and Mutual Assistance
- Harassment
- Health and Social Care (including welfare benefits)
- Immigration, Asylum and Free Movement
- Investigations
- Investigatory Powers
- Local Government Law
- Media and Information Law
- Police, Inquests and Prison
- Private International Law
- Public International Law
- Public Law
- Public Law: Information, Data and Privacy
- Sanctions
+44 (0)20 7404 3447
Radha practises in media, information and public law
MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Media and Information Law
- Defamation and Privacy
- Data Protection
- Court Orders affecting the Media
- Investigatory Powers
- Public Law
- Police, Inquests and Prison
- Public Law: Information, Data and Privacy
- Civil Liberties and Human Rights
- Private International Law
- Public International Law
- Education Law
- Election Law
- Environmental Law and Natural Resources
- Health and Social Care (including welfare benefits)
- Immigration, Asylum and Free Movement
- Local Government Law
- Commercial Public Law
- Employment Law
- Extradition and Mutual Assistance
- Harassment
- Investigations
- Sanctions
Radha Bhatt
Contact Radha: radhabhatt@matrixlaw.co.uk | +44 (0)20 7404 3447
Contact Radha's Practice Team (Team M): TeamM@matrixlaw.co.uk
Radha’s practice encompasses all aspects of media, information and public law.
Media and Information Law
Radha has significant experience of media, information and privacy litigation. She also regularly provides pre-publication legal and regulatory advice in relation to print and broadcast media.
Recent experience includes:
- Acting for several claimants in the Pegasus spyware privacy actions against foreign states arising out of the use of sophisticated spyware.
- Advising an NGO on potential civil, criminal and regulatory routes to challenging the surveillance of, and obtaining of sensitive information about, mobile phone users in the UK.
- Acting in the Mobile Telephone Voicemail Interception Litigation.
- Acting for a company in defamation proceedings arising from social media posts by a well-known artist.
- Providing pre-publication legal and regulatory advice, in relation to print and broadcast media, to clients including national newspapers and broadcasters.
- Advising on privacy and data protection claims arising from the retention of information on police databases.
- Advising on the public and private law aspects of the disclosure of information arising from criminal investigations and convictions, including in appeals against DBS barring decisions.
Radha has an academic background in media and privacy law, and is a contributing author to the forthcoming edition of Online Publication Claims: A Practical Guide. Whilst studying in the US, she took courses in the First Amendment at UPenn and in privacy and cybersecurity at Wharton.
Public Law and Human Rights
Radha has experience in a range of public law matters spanning police and prison law, inquests and inquiries, education and equality law.
Recent experience includes:
- Acting for a human rights NGO in an intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in a case concerning the UK government’s complicity in unlawful detention and torture.
- Acting for claimants in police claims, including claims under the Human Rights Act and claims for personal injury arising from police violence, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and misfeasance, unlawful search warrants, seizure of property, and data protection and misuse of private information.
- Advising an NGO on avenues for strategic litigation to decriminalise homosexuality in another jurisdiction.
- Acting for care organisations in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
- Acting for bereaved families in Article 2 inquests touching on deaths in custody (and in related civil claims).
- Acting in SEND tribunal appeals.
Before joining Matrix, Radha worked in a range of public law and human rights roles including:
- Working at Hickman & Rose on actions against the police, data protection, Article 2 inquests and the Undercover Policing and Grenfell Tower public inquiries.
- Conducting research at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law into children’s rights, access to justice, and sub-national constitutionalism.
Working with the office of the UN Special Rapporteur for Extra-Judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions on a project concerning international armed violence reduction programmes that was coordinated by the Cambridge Centre for Governance and Human Rights.
Qualifications and Awards
Radha holds a First in History from Cambridge, where she was elected a King’s Scholar for outstanding academic achievement and received the Cambridge University Not-for-Profit Award.
Radha subsequently obtained a Distinction in her Graduate Diploma in Law and studied for the Bar Course with the assistance of several scholarships including Lord Denning and Residential Scholarships from Lincoln’s Inn and an academic scholarship from City Law School.
Immediately before undertaking her traineeship, Radha was awarded a Thouron Fellowship to study for a (fully funded) LLM at UPenn, where she specialised in media law (including the law of the First Amendment, defamation and privacy) and constitutional law. Radha took additional courses in internet law, privacy and cybersecurity at the Wharton School of Business (GPA 4.0).
Radha's Privacy Notice
Radha is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. In order to provide legal services to her clients, including advice and representation services, she needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes her client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which she is instructed. To read Radha ‘s privacy notice in full, please see here.