Matthew Edwards

Barrister

Year of Call: 2006

Profile:

Before being called to Bar Matthew was in the British Army, and he has only recently finished serving in the Reserve.

He returned to the Bar in 2018 after five years (including time in employed practice) as a bursar and fellow of a Cambridge college and the chair of the Bursars’ Legal and Employment committee.

Matthew has re-established his criminal practice, appearing in magistrates’ courts, the Crown Court and the High Court. He welcomes instructions in both the magistrates’ and Crown Courts, particularly in relation to drugs, violence and motoring matters, including youths. He also welcomes instructions on regulatory matters conducted in the criminal courts, especially DVLA, trading standards, food safety and licensing matters.

Matthew has also recently widened his practice. He regularly represents Local Authorities in Special Educational Needs appeals in the First-Tier Tribunal and over the pandemic represented both employers and employees in unfair and wrongful dismissal cases and in claims for unlawful deductions of earnings in the Employment Tribunal.