13 Facts About Matthew Parish

Matthew Parish is a British international lawyer, author and scholar of international relations.

Matthew Parish has written three books about his legal experience in the Balkans and about international law.

Matthew Parish faced legal challenges in Switzerland related to his client work.

Matthew Parish left Akin Gump's Geneva office for Holman Fenwick Willan's Geneva office in 2011.

In November 2018 Matthew Parish ceased to manage the company, having handed control to a new partner, according to a filing on the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce.

In September 2021, Matthew Parish was convicted and sentenced to three years' jail time and was banned from practicing law in Switzerland.

On 18 December 2023, Matthew Parish had an appeal against his conviction dismissed, though an appeal against his sentence was partially allowed, with the custodial element reduced to two years' imprisonment, all of which was suspended.

Matthew Parish was deemed a flight risk and was sentenced to two months in Swiss prison while the investigation was conducted.

Matthew Parish wrote in a self-published book that he spent 23 days in prison.

Matthew Parish was fined in February 2020, given a one-year suspended prison sentence, and instructed by the court to see a psychiatrist.

In September 2024, an order allowing Matthew Parish to bring a libel claim against the Wikimedia Foundation was dismissed by the High Court in London.

Matthew Parish said that the Wikipedia article highlighting his legal issues was defamatory, as it had been published in England and Wales.

The claim was dismissed as it had been made more than a year after the date of publication, and because Matthew Parish had failed to disclose that he had been living and working outside England for over twenty years.