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David Matthias Q.C. FCIArb was called in 1980, took Silk in October 2006, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He acts for a wide range of private and local authority clients, specialising in commercial, chancery (including company, partnership, contested probate, intellectual property and land law), construction, judicial review, professional negligence, licensing, local government, housing and employment law. He has a wealth of experience and a strong reputation for advising and conducting both litigation and arbitration in major cases in those areas – recently, for example, on behalf of clients including Capita, Datasharp UK, West Ham United, Westminster City Council and the London Borough of Camden.

Identified as a “leading junior” in both The Legal 500 UK Edition and Chambers UK Guide, and now as a “leading new silk” (“Newly appointed silk David Matthias QC is lauded as a 'great technical barrister'...” – Chambers UK Guide 2007). In the most recent edition of Chambers and Partners (2010) he is particularly lauded for his advice to local authorities on licensing cases. In the 2009 edition David is commended as “Strong both technically and legally,” he is “always prepared to muck in and work hard for the clients.” In the 2008 edition David is singled out for the following praise; "Talented members at the set include David Matthias QC, who has “made a name for himself” as being “subtly persuasive in court.” His broad practice includes an active public law portfolio, and he has conducted a number of important judicial reviews in the past year." David’s overseas work has included a recent appearance for a consortium of property developers before the Court of Appeal in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The Legal 500 consistently ranks David as a leading silk (Administrative & Public Law).

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