Helen Mountfield

Helen Mountfield QC is a senior barrister at Matrix Chambers.  She is an equality law specialist and has previously presented to the OxHRH on 'Litigating the Public Sector Equality Duty'.

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Abortion, Autonomy And The Deep Blue Sea: The Supreme Court’s Decision In R (On The Application Of A And B) v Secretary Of State For Health

Abortion, Autonomy And The Deep Blue Sea: The Supreme Court’s Decision In R (On The Application Of A And B) v Secretary Of State For Health

The question in this case was whether the Secretary of State, who had power to make provision for the functioning of the NHS in England, was legally obliged to make directions enabling women who were citizens of the UK, but who were ...
Recognising Travellers’ Needs: The Courts Begin to Move

Recognising Travellers’ Needs: The Courts Begin to Move

Are courts beginning to recognize the duty of equality law to respect and protect the rights of minorities to be different?   A recent important High Court decision in Moore & Coates v Secretary of State for Communities and Local ...
The Quick and the Dead in Britain’s Global Future

The Quick and the Dead in Britain’s Global Future

David Cameron told the CBI on 19 November 2012 that he 'got' the need for changes of attitude in government, which he claimed were needed to strengthen Britain in a "global race", in which "you are either quick or you're dead".  The ...