Matthew Hill Call: 2009
matthew.hill@1cor.com Profile Matthew joined Chambers in 2010 after successful completion of his pupillage. He 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 disciplinary and employment proceedings. He has appeared in the High Court and County Courts in cases concerning judicial review, clinical negligence, personal injury and procedural law, and has represented both families and medical practitioners at jury and non-jury inquests. He has appeared in proceedings at the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, including before Interim Order Panels. Matthew is currently representing a large number of soldiers in the Al-Sweady Public Inquiry into allegations of the unlawful killing and abuse of prisoners in Iraq. He has also been instructed on the Detainee Inquiry, advising the Panel on the international and domestic law on torture and complicity. Before coming to the Bar he worked, for many years, as an historian on the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. Matthew was instructed for the claimant in judicial review proceedings that resulted in the first successful challenge to the General Medical Council’s ‘pilot scheme’ for charging allegations in Fitness to Practise hearings. He has appeared in the PIP Breast Implant group litigation, in which an estimated 3,000 claims will be brought against numerous defendants in respect of allegedly deficient prosthesis used in cosmetic surgery. He was instructed 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. Matthew studied and taught Modern History at Oxford University and was a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University. His doctoral research was on British nuclear weapons policy in the 1950s. He also studied at the National University of Singapore, and taught English in China and Romania. He is a regular contributor to the 1 Crown Office Row Human Rights Blog, writing in particular on Article 2 and 3 ECHR, and the investigative duties that arise under them. 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), 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 Matthew has Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance
Significant cases include the following Public Inquiries and Inquests 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 Public Inquiry
Public inquiry into allegations of the unlawful killing and abuse of Iraqi prisoners following the Battle of Danny Boy, 2004. The Detainee Inquiry
Public inquiry into allegations that the UK was implicated in the ill-treatment of detainees held by other countries in the aftermath of the September 2001 attacks. The Lakanal House Fire Inquests
Inquests into the deaths of six people in a fire in a tower block in south London. Mathew represented the local tenants and residents association in their application for Properly Interested Person status. Public and Human Rights Law 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. Led by Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC CM v General Medical Council
Judicial review proceedings that led to the first successful challenge of the GMC’s ‘pilot scheme’ for charging Fitness to Practise allegations. Led by Christina Lambert QC Clinical Negligence and Health Law CCC v Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Acted for the claimant in a major cerebral palsy claim. Led by Angus McCullough QC Felix-Thompson Bland v Royal Surrey County Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Acted for the claimant in a major cerebral palsy claim. Led by Angus McCullough QC The PIP Breast Implant Group Litigation
Acted for a number of private surgeons in complex group litigation proceedings arising from the withdrawal of PIP breast implants. Led by Stephen Miller QC Other information VAT Registration No: 843 2608 34 | 
