Matthew Donmall

matthew.donmall@1cor.com

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Matthew Donmall is developing a broad civil law practice, including:

Public law and human rights: Matthew is particularly interested in this area of practice. He is currently instructed by the Treasury Solicitor in the Public Inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Baha Mousa. As a pupil he gained considerable exposure to a wide range of public law matters, in particular working on judicial reviews in immigration, healthcare and environmental law fields.

Personal injury, clinical negligence and Inquests:  Matthew is regularly instructed to appear in County Courts in personal injury cases. He has appeared before the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel, and recently represented a family at an Inquest into the death of a young child. He is currently instructed on behalf of the Ministry of Defence in the group action taken by nuclear test veterans in the High Court.

VAT: Matthew is acting as a junior for HM Revenue and Customs in an ongoing carousel fraud case. He has also undertaken advisory work on the valuation of supply.

Employment: Has acted in the Employment Tribunal in interlocutory and final hearings in relation to dismissal, discrimination and harassment claims.

General civil law: Regularly instructed to appear in County Courts on a variety of matters, including RTAs and contractual disputes, for both claimants and defendants.

Bar Vocational Course, Outstanding (2nd highest in year), Inns of Court School of Law
Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Distinction (2nd highest in year), City University, London
MPhil International Relations (2nd highest in year), St Cross College, Oxford
BA History, Double First, Queens' College, Cambridge 

Matthew co-wrote a chapter on statutory nuisance and noise in the 2nd edition of Burnett Hall on Environmental Law with Suzanne Lambert. He also contributes to 1COR's Human Rights Update.