Matthew Clark

Cardium Law was founded in 2017 introducing a 21st century innovative approach to the law.  It is a carbon-friendly law firm which operates a paperless office and utilises modern technology to interact with clients and the legal system at national and international levels.

Working in the key business sectors of Construction, Business, and Finance has enabled Cardium to explore a niche in the English legal profession bringing enhanced access to insured funding for use in construction and commercial litigation, domestic and international arbitrations, and other similar processes.

Rather handily this means that clients don’t always have to use their own money to use Cardium’s high quality specialist services which, combined with a legal funding experience, enable clients to resolve high value legal issues without draining their cash reserves.

Cardium is able to provide this service by working in partnership with litigation funders, after the event insurers, and a network of skilled brokers. Cardium, through its highly experienced lawyers, has a vast network of contacts and an unrivalled understanding of how to structure deals for its clients’ benefit.

From this strong foundation Cardium has experienced significant expansion and following client demand has extended its product offerings to include corporate and commercial transactional work with a particular focus on construction, engineering and the fintech markets.

Due to its focus on high value litigation, and arbitrations, Cardium Law has developed a diverse and international client base.

This has led to it having first-hand experience of working in partnership with law firms in different jurisdictions and the difficulties and opportunities that arise from providing a global service.

Matthew qualified in 1991 and has always worked either in the City or Central London. He has an excellent reputation in the market as a professional negligence lawyer.

As it’s CEO and Chairman Matthew has formerly managed a 25 partner city law firm. He has also managed business sections in Sports, Banking, Property, and IT.

Matthew has been involved in notable high-profile high value complex litigation involving Limitation Periods (banks/sport), Appeals from Arbitration (pensions), Causation (banks), Unlawful Interference with Contracts (film stars/magazines/sport), Professional Negligence (banks/sports/property/legal), fraud (banks/sport/retail/IFA’s) and Commercial Agents (USA micro-chip manufacturers, and fashion importers).

During his career Matthew has been a strong advocate of using the best resources to get the job done. This involves working closely with third parties that operate in and support the legal sector in terms of specialist barristers, e-disclosure, finance, insurance, insolvency, and IT. To relax, Matthew mountain bikes in the Welsh Mountains and Valleys with regular trips to the Alps for that something extra. Matthew is a member of British Cycling, Kings Hill Rotary Club, and the Bigfoot Cycle Club.

Matthew’s reported cases include:

• Mortgage Corporation v Lambert & Co & Thomas Stanbury [2000] Lloyds Rep PN 624
• Universal Cycles PLC v Grangebriar Ltd LTL 9/2/2000
• Jeffries (a firm) v Southend United Football Club [1994] CACivD
• Tesco Stores Ltd v Southend United Football Club [1994] CACivD
• SEB Trygg Holding AB v Manches [2005] EWCA Civ 1237
• DEMCO Investments & Commercial SA & ors v SE Banken Forsakring Holding Aktiebolag [2005] EWHC 1398 (Comm)
• Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No.3)[2003] EWHC 55 (Ch)
• Langston Group Corporation v Cardiff City Football Club Limited [2008] EWHC 535 (Ch), 2008 WL 833542
• Russell v Stone  [2017] EWHC 1555 (TCC)
• White v PSM Residential Finance Ltd  [2017] EWHC 1925 (TCC)
• Bank of Ireland v Philip Pank Partnership [2014] EWHC 284 (TCC)
• Bank of Ireland v Colliers International UK Plc (In Administration) [2012] EWHC 2942 (Ch)
• Bank of Ireland v McQuaid County Court (Middlesbrough) [2011] 9 WLUK 55
• Claramoda Ltd v Zoomphase Ltd (t/a Jenny Packham) QBD (Mercantile)  [2009] EWHC 2857 (Comm)
• Ahuja Investments Ltd v Victorygame Ltd  [2021] EWHC 2729 (Ch)
• Ahuja Investments Ltd v Victorygame Ltd  [2021] EWHC 2730 (Ch)
• Ahuja Investments Ltd v Victorygame Ltd  [2021] EWHC 2382 (Ch)
• Ahuja Investments Ltd v Victorygame Ltd  [2021] EWCA Civ 993
• Ahuja Investments Ltd v Victorygame Ltd  [2021] EWHC 1543 (Ch)
• Ahuja Investments Ltd v Victorygame Ltd  [2020] EWHC 1153 (Ch)
• Cardium Law Ltd v Kew Holdings Ltd  [2021] EWHC 1299 (Ch)
• Kew Holdings Ltd v Donald Insall Associates Ltd  [2020] EWHC 3069 (TCC)
• Kew Holdings Ltd v Donald Insall Associates Ltd  [2020] EWHC 1862 (TCC)
• Richards v Speechly Bircham LLP [2022] EWHC 935 (Comm)