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Sarah Fraser Butlin KC
Position
Specialising in employment, clinical negligence, personal injury.
Career
Qualified 2005, Middle Temple; Cloisters 2007 to date. Affiliated lecturer University of Cambridge, 2012 to date. Research assistant to Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC 2003-04; programme manager for East Africa for an international NGO (sustainable development and agroforestry) 2003-04. Highlight cases include: GMB v Henderson (UKEAT/0073/14/DM.); Ibarz v University of Sheffield (UK EAT/0018/15/JOJ); Pegg v Camden [2012] EqLR 189. Publications include: ‘Are Litigation and Collective Bargaining Complements or Substitutes for Achieving Gender Equality? A Study of the British Equal Pay Act’ co-author, (2015) 39 (2) Cambridge Journal of Economics 381-403 discussed on Radio 4, Unreliable Evidence 13/05/15; ‘The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Does the Equality Act 2010 Measure Up to UK International Commitments’ [2010] ILJ 428; ‘Reverse Indemnities: Friend or Foe’ [2008] Clinical Risk.
Languages
French; German.
Memberships
Vice chair of Industrial Law Society; member Employment Law Bar Association; Employment Law Association; Association for Victims of Medical Accidents.
Education
Clare College, Cambridge (Law).
Leisure
Travel, walking, sailing.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Employment
(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Sarah Fraser Butlin KC – Cloisters ‘The intellect of an academic, the client handling skills of a professional, the advocacy of an experienced silk makes Sarah the all round employment barrister she undoubtedly is.’
Cloisters is ‘packed with employment law talent‘, housing a team of ‘outstanding counsel‘. The group continues to handle a high volume of complex discrimination cases, and reports an increase in multi-party equal pay claims. The ‘exceptionally talented‘ Caspar Glyn KC is representing more than 8,000 drivers, as claimants, in litigation against Bolt concerning allegations of non-payment of the national minimum wage and holiday pay. In a separate matter, Schona Jolly KC, Rachel Barrett and Ameer Ismail are acting for multiple claimants in claims involving allegations of harassment and discrimination brought against McDonald’s. Daphne Romney KC is ‘a true force to be reckoned with‘, with established expertise in advising on equal pay and whistleblowing claims. Team head Dee Masters is ‘extremely knowledgeable on tribunal practice and procedure‘. In recent developments for the set, Yvette Genn was appointed a Circuit Judge in October 2023, and Anna Beale KC and Sarah Fraser Butlin KC were elevated to silk in March 2024.
London Bar > Clinical negligence
(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Sarah Fraser Butlin KC – Cloisters ‘Very approachable; excellent on quantum issues; prepares cases thoroughly; her academic knowledge assists with her case work.’
The clinical negligence practitioners at Cloisters are noted as ‘strong advocates for severely injured and vulnerable’, offering expertise ‘excellent expertise and breadth’. Simon Dyer KC demonstrates this with his broad expertise in high-value natal, cognitive injury and surgical claims, with significant expertise in asphyxia-induced brain damage during births, seen in his recent cases, including one settled for £18.5m. New silks Anna Beale KC and Sarah Fraser Butlin KC do a broad spectrum of high-value claims, with a special focus on complex causation claims, crossing over with expertise in separate but related fields such as inquests.