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Sarah Fraser Butlin KC

Sarah Fraser Butlin KC

Cloisters, London

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.

Mentions

London Bar

Clinical negligence

Other key lawyer1
Sarah Fraser Butlin KC – Cloisters ‘Very approachable; excellent on quantum issues; prepares cases thoroughly; her academic knowledge assists with her case work.’
London Bar

Employment

Other key lawyer1
Sarah 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.'