Matthew Hill Call: 2009
matthew.hill@1cor.com Profile Matthew is developing a broad practice across the main areas of Chambers’ work, and in particular in public law, inquiries and inquests, human rights, clinical negligence and professional discipline. He has appeared in the High Court and County Courts in cases concerning clinical negligence, personal injury, road traffic accidents, insolvency, and environmental and procedural law. He has advised on medical and dental disciplinary cases and prospective judicial reviews, and has been instructed to represent the next of kin at both jury and non-jury inquests. Since successfully completing his pupillage at Chambers, Matthew has been instructed as junior counsel acting on behalf of a number of soldiers in the Al-Sweady Inquiry into allegations of the unlawful killing and abuse of prisoners in Iraq. He has also worked on an application to the European Court of Human Rights in a case concerning local authority liability and alleged violations of Articles 3, 6, 8 and 13 ECHR. Before coming to the Bar, Matthew studied and taught Modern History at Oxford University, and worked for seven years as an historian and analyst on the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, assisting both Counsel to the Inquiry and the Tribunal. Matthew is a regular contributor to the 1 Crown Office Row Human Rights Blog, writing in particular on Article 2 and the state’s duty to investigate deaths, and the care of older and disabled people. Matthew is a Free Representation Unit representative and a member of the Bar Pro Bono Unit. He is also a member of ALBA and PNBA.
Qualifications Bar Vocational Course (2009), Outstanding – City Law School, London
Graduate Diploma in Law (2008), Distinction - City University, London
M.St in Historical Research (1998), Distinction - University College, Oxford
BA (Hons) in Modern History (1997), Double First - University College, Oxford
The Princess Royal Scholarship, Inner Temple, 2008-2009
Exhibition Award, Inner Temple, 2007-2008
Stephen Seabrooke Memorial Prize, City Law School, 2009
Visiting Fellow, Australian National University, 2001
Scholar, Master’s Scholar and GA Paul Memorial Scholar, University College Oxford
Significant cases include the following The Bloody Sunday Inquiry
Public inquiry into the deaths of 13 people following a civil rights protest in Northern Ireland in 1972. The Al-Sweady Inquiry
Public inquiry into allegations of the unlawful killing and abuse of Iraqi prisoners following the Battle of Danny Boy, 2004. X, Y and Z v United Kingdom (Application no. 32666/10)
Application to the European Court of Human Rights, alleging violations of articles 3, 6, 8 and 13 in respect of a local authority’s failure to re-house a family that was subsequently subjected to violence and abuse in their home. Other information VAT Registration No: 843 2608 34 |
