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Michelle Butler
Position
Barrister specialising in public and private international law, arbitration, crime, commercial law, civil liberties and human rights.
Career
Qualified solicitor 2002 (New South Wales); called to the Bar 2007 (Inner Temple); trained Matrix 2007-08; member 2008; FCO Public International Law C Panel (2014). Publications include: Clayton and Tomlinson’s ‘Law of Human Rights’ (2009), the International Bar Association’s ‘Manual on International Criminal Law’ (2010), ‘Human Rights and Criminal Justice’ (2012) and Livingstone, Owen & Macdonald’s ‘Prison Law’ (2015).
Education
University of Queensland (2000, BA); 2002 LLB (first class); College of Law (2002); University of Cambridge (2004, LLM).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > International human rights and criminal law
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Michelle Butler – Matrix Chambers ‘Michelle is one of a kind. She is highly skilful, knowledgeable, from setting the strategy through the tactics and all combined with the highest human skills. She masters her field, standing out to others and receiving the greatest respect by her peers as well as the court.’
Lauded as a ‘go-to set in international human rights law’ Matrix Chambers is equipped to handle high-profile criminal cases concerning bribery and corruption and the most complex human rights cases on torture and genocide. Michelle Butler is currently acting for the Israeli Hostage and Missing Persons Families Forum and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre in the ICC investigation into the perpetration of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Hamas in Israel on the 7th of October 2023; Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC is representing the claimant in the South Africa v Israel ICJ case, in which the South African government alleges that Israel’s military response in Gaza to said attacks amount to genocide. Jessica Jones appears in both Saifullah v Secretary of State for Defence and Noorzai v Secretary of State for Defence on behalf of the claimants who allege the Secretary of State for Defence did not properly investigate allegations of unlawful killing of Afghan civilians by UK Special Forces, while Edward Craven acts in the independent inquiry relating to the incident. Lord Hermer KC is now the Attorney-General for England and Wales.
London Bar > Public international law
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Michelle Butler –Matrix Chambers ‘Michelle is one of the very few to have done a witness examination before the ICJ, and she does it extremely brilliantly. She is outstanding.’