Public Law & Regulatory

Matthew Cannings is keen to develop a practice in this field and regularly appears on behalf of Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs in proceeds of crime-related hearings. During his pupillage, Matthew was heavily involved in a judicial review claim with Guy Opperman and Mathew Gullick (acting pro bono), also of 3PB, which has progressed to the Court of Appeal on an interim issue of the granting of a protective costs order. (See R (Compton) v Wiltshire PCT [2008] EWCA Civ 749, [2008] ACD 68.)

Whilst studying for his Masters degree, Matthew was involved in researching the history of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 and the challenge to their validity that was brought by the Countryside Alliance in the seminal judicial review case of R (Jackson & others) v Attorney General [2005] UKHL 56.