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
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 March 2018
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Personal details
Born (1962-08-14) 14 August 1962 (age 62)
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. ^ a b "Senior judiciary, Justice Butcher". Courts and Tribunals Judiciary. 14 March 2022.
  2. ^ "BUTCHER, Mr Christopher John QC - JustCite". justcite.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "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.