Description: (Barrister)
Sir Matthew Hale SL was a prominent English barrister, judge, and jurist renowned for his treatise Historia Placitorum Coronæ. He represented Royalist figures in the English Civil War, chaired the law reform Hale Commission under Oliver Cromwell, and played a crucial part in the English Restoration. Hale later held esteemed positions as Chief Baron of the Exchequer and Chief Justice of the King's Bench. His influential published works, such as Analysis of the Common Law, have had a lasting impact on English common law and legal thinking across generations.