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The Arbitration Intersections Podcast: Episode 1 – Bilateral Claims Commissions
Welcome to the first episode of Matrix’s new podcast series, available to download for free each month. Arbitration increasingly interacts with a wide range of specialist areas of law. Through a series of short 20 minute interviews, members of Matrix and other legal experts explore international arbitration and how it intersects with other specialist legal issues. Download now: Podcast 1 […]
Andrew Smith features in LawInSport’s new guide, ‘Legal issues in football – 80 must read articles’
Andrew Smith has three articles listed within LawInSport’s new guide, ‘Legal issues in football – 80 must read articles’. LawInSport pulls together over 80 articles that help explain the key legal issues in football and provide practical advice on how to deal with these legal issues as they arise. Please click here to view the […]
The People’s Challenge apply for government’s article 50 argument to be made public
The “People’s Challenge” parties in the forthcoming judicial review to decide if parliament or the cabinet has the constitutional authority to trigger Brexit have applied to the court to object to government secrecy over the case. They say that an order intended to protect individuals involved in the case from being subjected to harassment is […]
Matrix Shortlisted for 8 awards at The 2016 Chambers UK Bar Awards
Matrix is delighted to have received six individual nominations and two set nominations in the following areas for The 2016 Chambers UK Bar Awards: Competition Junior of the Year – Christopher Brown Defamation Set of the Year Silk of the Year – Gavin Millar QC Junior of the Year – Ben Silverstone Junior of the […]
Les Hinton cleared of charge of contempt of Parliament by House of Commons Committee of Privileges
Les Hinton, the former Executive Chairman of News International (now known as News UK), has been cleared by the House of Commons Committee of Privileges of misleading the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee during its inquiries into privacy and phone hacking between 2009-2012. The proceedings raised fundamental questions concerning the powers of a Select […]