Christopher Butcher
Sir Christopher John Butcher styled The Hon Mr Justice Butcher, is a British High Court judge.[1]
Mr Justice Butcher | |
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| File:Sir Christopher Butcher 2022.jpg Butcher in 2022 | |
| High Court Judge King's Bench Division | |
| Assumed office 5 March 2018 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 August 1962 |
| Nationality | British |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Personal life and education
[edit | edit source]Butcher was born on 14 August 1962 in Haslemere, Surrey.[2] He was educated at Charterhouse and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he read Modern History. He was elected a Prize Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1983.[3]
Butcher married Fiona Gaskin in 1992, with whom he had two children. [4]
Butcher is Chairperson of the Oxford-based charity, The Radcliffe Trust.[5]
Career
[edit | edit source]He was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1986 and joined the London based chambers '7 King's Bench Walk',[6] specialising in shipping, banking, arbitration and Insurance.[7][8] Butcher was appointed King's Counsel in 2001.[9]
He would go on to become a Bencher for Gray's Inn in 2005, a Recorder in 2009,[10] 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,[11] he received the customary knighthood in 2019 form the late Queen Elizabeth II.[12]
Alongside hearing High Court cases, Butcher is authorised to sit in the Competition Appeal Tribunal and Administrative court.[1]
Awards and scholarships
[edit | edit source]He was awarded the Eldon Law Scholarship by the University of Oxford in 1987.[7]
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]
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