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Christopher Buttler KC
Position
Administrative law; local government, planning and environmental law.
Career
Called 2004, Inner Temple.
Education
Hampton School; Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University (2000 Geography BA 1st Hons); Sussex University (2002 MPhil in International Development); City University (2003 CPE commendation); Inns of Court School of Law (2004 BVC very competent).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Christopher Buttler KC – Matrix Chambers ‘A stellar advocate. He has an impressive ability to make complex arguments punchy and accessible.’
London Bar > Court of Protection and community care
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Christopher Buttler KC – Matrix Chambers ‘Chris brings impressive clarity to complex arguments. He can cut through complex areas such as social welfare law and distil key issues impressively.’
London Bar > Immigration (including business immigration)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Christopher Buttler KC – Matrix Chambers ‘Chris is a stellar advocate. He is crystal clear in his oral submissions and has an impressive ability to make complex arguments punchy and accessible.‘
Matrix Chambers covers the full breadth of work and courts, with particular strengths in trafficking, modern slavery, immigration systems, and publicly-funded work more generally, while sports and business immigration have been a growing focus for the set. The set continues to engage with high-profile litigation, with Raza Husain KC, amidst his wider practice in refugee and HNW individuals asylum claims, has been leading a team in relation to the judicial review around the government’s Rwanda policy; Jonathan Glasson KC acting on behalf of the government in respect of the Shamima Begum appeal; and Christopher Buttler KC being a leading counsel challenging the Home Secretary’s pushback’s policy regarding the small boats in the Channel. Hugh Southey KC and Samantha Knights KC have been active in relation to work around exclusion on the basis of national security and EU asylum claims respectively.