Matthew is a pre-eminent and highly coveted barrister, practicing with distinction across all aspects of family law. Matthew undertakes matters involving Child Arrangements Orders, findings of fact, enforcement, domestic abuse, coercive control, parental alienation, special guardianship, relocation, Hague Convention cases, prohibited steps and specific issue orders, and grandparents’ rights. He also deals with non-molestation orders and occupation order applications.
His multi-disciplinary practice also incorporates regular instructions on civil litigation matters, including personal injury, commercial disputes and professional negligence. In Chancery work, Matthew undertakes all types of land and property disputes, equity and trusts, Inheritance Act claims, probate disputes, TOLATA applications, and professional negligence cases.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Family Law (financial remedy, and private children, domestic abuse)
- Civil Litigation (claims against the police / injury and accident claims / contracts)
- Professional Negligence (solicitors and barristers)
- Coronial Law and Inquest Work
- Business and Property Litigation (commercial landlord and tenant / dilapidation)
- Probate and Inheritance (undue influence and failure to provide for beneficiaries)
- Trusts of Land (TOLATA claims between co-habitees)
- Crime (private: driving offences / exceptional hardship / special reasons cases)
- Matthew also accepts instructions in the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Protection and Costs Courts.
In addition to his uniquely specialist practice, Matthew sits part-time as a Justice of the Peace in the Adult Criminal Magistrates’ Court.