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Michelle Butler
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Michelle's practice encompasses all aspects of
international law
and
human rights
. She specialises in international criminal law and terrorism.
Michelle moved to the Bar in 2007 after originally practising as a Solicitor in Australia, where she was named the 2002 Australian Young Lawyer of the Year for her “significant individual contribution to the legal profession and the community”. She joined Matrix as a full member in October 2008 upon completion of her twelve month traineeship, during which she was supervised by
Raza Husain QC
,
Danny Friedman
,
Julian Knowles
and
Sam Grodzinski
.
Michelle's international law experience includes both trial and appeal proceedings at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (the “ICTY”), and complaints before the United Nations Human Rights Council. Her human rights and
public law
practice encompasses fact-finding delegations to various countries, as well as cases before the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords, the Privy Council and the European Court of Human Rights (the “ECHR”). Michelle also has a developing practice in
extradition
,
immigration
,
police
and
prison law
.
On the domestic front, she is currently instructed in
Secretary of State for the Home Department v BB & BC
(before the Court of Appeal);
Secretary of State for the Home Department v JS (Sri Lanka)
(before the Supreme Court); and
Republic of Georgia v Russian Federation
(before the ECHR). Internationally, she is presently representing Stojan Zupljanin (during trial) and Milan Gvero (on appeal) before the ICTY.
She completed undergraduate degrees in politics and law at the University of Queensland and obtained an LLM from Cambridge University specialising in international law.