Fiona Butler > Browne Jacobson LLP > Nottingham, England > Lawyer Profile

Browne Jacobson LLP
MOWBRAY HOUSE
CASTLE MEADOW ROAD
NOTTINGHAM
NG2 1BJ
England

Work Department

Government, Regulatory and Advocacy

Position

Fiona has developed a broad professional disciplinary practice in education and healthcare over the last 21 years. Praised for ‘stellar advice which takes pitfalls into account’, she is now a trusted legal advisor to the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) and sits as Legal Advisor to the Professional Conduct Committee of the Chartered Institute of Building.

Fiona is a key name in a highly responsive team has strategically advised both the Teaching Regulation Agency and Department of Education in relation to the first ever case in which a teacher was prosecuted for failing to comply with the Prevent Duty as defined by s.26(1) of the Counter-terrorism and Security Act 2015.

Fiona’s health practice sees her instructed in a wide range of cases from simple ‘documentary’ inquests to complex Article 2 cases, often with a high media profile.  She has acted on behalf of NHS Trusts (acute, mental health, community and ambulance), local authorities, education settings, security regulators and insurers both locally and nationally.

Fiona is a registered pupil supervisor with the Bar Standards Board and having pioneered the way for Browne Jacobson to become an approved Pupillage Training Organisation in 2010 and has successfully trained four barristers and assisted with the training of four others.

Career

  • KCH Barristers

Memberships

  • Lincoln’s Inn – member
  • General Council for the Bar of England & Wales
  • Employed Barristers Committee for the General Council of the Bar

Education

  • called to the Bar – July 1999
  • Bar Vocational Diploma
  • LLB (Hons)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Professional discipline

Browne Jacobson LLP has ‘significant experience in investigating and preparing professional discipline matters on behalf of regulators’. The firm’s sizeable government, regulatory and advocacy department has longstanding experience in teaching-related professional discipline matters. It is also a lead provider to the Teaching Regulation Agency, as well as being consistently mandated by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care. The firm’s in-house barrister team is led by Fiona Butler; Samantha Paxman has notable experience in complex hearings; and Ben Bentley is ‘a very competent professional discipline practitioner’. Promoted to partner in May 2024, Ian Perkins is an education sector expert.