Christopher Butcher
Sir Christopher John Butcher, KC, Kt styled The Hon Mr Justice Butcher, is a British High Court Judge.[1]
Mr Justice Butcher | |
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 Butcher in 2022 | |
| High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
| Assumed office 5 March 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 August 1962 Haslemere |
| Nationality | British |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Early life
Butcher was born on the 14th of August 1962 in Haslemere, Surrey.[2]
He was educated at Charterhouse School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he read Modern History. He was elected a Prize Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1983.[3]
Legal career
He was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1986 and joined the London based chambers '7 King's Walk',[4] specialising in shipping, banking, arbitration and Insurance.[5]
Butcher was appointed King's Counsel in 2001.[1]
He would go on to become a Bencher for Gray's Inn in 2005, a Recorder in 2009, and a Deputy High Court Judge in 2013. He has been a Judge of the High Court of Justice (King's Bench Division) since 2018, and is one of the Judges who sits in the Commercial Court.[6][1]
Awards and Scholarships
He was awarded the Eldon Law Scholarship by the University of Oxford in 1987.[5]
He achieved Chambers and Partners' Insurance Silk of the Year in 2008 and 2014.[3]
Butcher was awarded a PhD by King's College London in 2019 for his thesis on Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd.[3]
Personal life
Butcher married his Wife Fiona Gaskin in 1992, whom he had two children with.[7]
Butcher is Chairperson of the Oxford based charity, The Radcliffe Trust.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Senior judiciary". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
- ^ "BUTCHER, Mr Christopher John QC - JustCite". www.justcite.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ a b c "Sir Christopher Butcher | All Souls College". www.asc.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Mr Justice Butcher". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
- ^ a b "Current Judges". the commercial court of england & wales. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ Perdreau, Chantal (19 February 2018). "Christopher Butcher QC appointed as High Court Judge". 7KBW. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Butcher, Hon. Sir Christopher (John), (born 14 Aug. 1962), a Judge of the High Court, Queen's Bench Division, since 2018". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U14501. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "About: The Radcliffe Trust". The Radcliffe Trust.
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