Christopher Butcher

Sir Christopher John Butcher styled The Hon Mr Justice Butcher, is a British High Court Judge.[1]

The Honourable
Mr Justice Butcher
Butcher in 2022
High Court Judge
King's Bench Division
Assumed office
5 March 2018
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Personal details
Born (1962-08-14) 14 August 1962
Haslemere
NationalityBritish
Children2
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford

Personal life and education

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

He was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1986 and joined the London based chambers '7 King's 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

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]

References
  1. "Senior judiciary, Justice Butcher". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
  2. "BUTCHER, Mr Christopher John QC - JustCite". justcite.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  3. "Sir Christopher Butcher | All Souls College". asc.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  4. "Butcher, Hon. Sir Christopher (John) (born 14 August 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.
  5. "About: The Radcliffe Trust". The Radcliffe Trust. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  6. Perdreau, Chantal (19 February 2018). "Christopher Butcher QC appointed as High Court Judge". 7KBW. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  7. "Current Judges". the commercial court of england & wales. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  8. "Mr Justice Butcher". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
  9. "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  10. "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  11. "Crown Office | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  12. "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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