Withers Worldwide

Our lawyers are highly experienced in public law. The team includes Professor Paul Matthews, the authority on coronial law, and Jennifer McDermott who is a leader in commercial administrative and public law, judicial review and human rights. She is also Chair of the human rights organisation JUSTICE. Another member of the team, Patrick Hamlin, was Head of Litigation in the Legal Department of the Hong Kong Government, then Head of the Charities team at the Treasury Solicitor's before joining Withers.

In UK we are regularly instructed by coroners in high-profile cases involving human rights issues, as well as acting for national charities in connection with regulatory matters before the Charity Commission and the Attorney General. We sometimes advise judges themselves.