Martha Spurrier

Martha Spurrier (born 1986) is a British barrister and human rights campaigner. She is the director of the advocacy group Liberty, succeeding Shami Chakrabarti.[1]

Martha Spurrier
Martha Spurrier in 2016
Born1986 (age 36–37)
NationalityBritish
EducationGodolphin and Latymer School
Alma materEmmanuel College, University of Cambridge
Occupation(s)Barrister, human rights campaigner, and director of Liberty

Early life

Spurrier was educated at Godolphin and Latymer School in London, and then at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where she graduated with a BA (Hons) in history.[1][2] She took a law conversion course at City University London, and then the bar professional training course at BPP University.[2]

Career

Before joining Liberty, Spurrier worked as a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, of which she remains an associate tenant.[2]

In 2015 she was one of the three joint founders of the ‘Act for the Act’ campaign (with Caoilfhionn Gallagher and Fiona Bawdon), a crowdfunded advertising campaign to tell positive stories about the Human Rights Act 1998.[3]

She took up her post at Liberty at the end of May 2016.[4]

In July 2018, Spurrier was awarded the Hero Award at the 20th Annual ISPA[a 1] Awards by the ISPA Council for challenging the Investigatory Powers Act in the High Court.[5]

References
  1. Bowcott, Owen (31 March 2016). "Liberty names barrister Martha Spurrier as new director". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. Isaac, Anna (8 June 2016). "Martha Spurrier, head of Liberty: 'Human rights will be the fight of our generation'". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  3. Bowcott, Owen; correspondent, Owen Bowcott Legal affairs (19 October 2015). "Ad campaign aims to rally support to save Human Rights Act". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  4. "Liberty names barrister Martha Spurrier as new director". BBC News. 31 March 2016. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  5. "Martha Spurrier, Director of Liberty, crowned Internet Hero as Gigaclear picks up two awards at the 20th Annual ISPA Awards". ISPA UK. 13 July 2018. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

Footnotes
  1. Internet Services Providers’ Association
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