Abby Buttle

Year of Call: 2022

Abby is building a broad human rights, public law and civil liberties practice, specialising in immigration, education and community care.

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Abby joined Garden Court as a tenant in October 2024, after successfully completing pupillage under the supervision of Greg Ó Ceallaigh KC and Lucie Wibberley.

Administrative and Public Law

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Abby is developing a practice in administrative and public law. She is particularly interested in immigration-related public law matters.

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Asylum and Immigration Law

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Abby regularly acts in statutory appeals and bail applications in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum).

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Immigration Detention Civil Claims

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During her pupillage, Abby worked under the supervision of Greg Ó Ceallaigh KC on several complex immigration detention claims and now seeks to build a practice in this area.

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Education Law

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Abby has successfully represented parents and children before the First-Tier Tribunal (SEND) in EHCP appeals and throughout the school exclusion process. She often acts pro bono in these cases.

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Mental Health Law

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Abby has a strong academic background in mental health and capacity law and now seeks to develop a practice in this area.

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Inquests and Inquiries

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Abby was exposed to inquest and inquiry work during pupillage and is continuing to build on her experience in this area.

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Background

Prior to pupillage, Abby worked at several human rights organisations.

She was a Legal Officer at the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), where she led a team of caseworkers representing members in the gig economy. After completing her postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford and Harvard Law School – for which she was awarded full scholarships – she spent six months as the Oxford Human Rights Hub Fellow at the Legal Resources Centre in South Africa working on constitutional law cases concerning the rights to education and housing.

Abby was also a Legal Fellow at JUSTICE and volunteered, or interned, at: the Howard League for Penal Reform; Prisoners Advice Service; the Free Representation Unit; Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law; Safe Passage; and Refugee Support Europe.

Awards

City Law School:

  • Middle Temple Blackstone Scholarship
  • Middle Temple Lechmere Essay Prize 2020 – Winner
  • CLS Scholarship for Academic Excellence.

Harvard Law School:

  • Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship – Full scholarship for the LLM course.
  • Arthur C. Helton Fellowship – Stipend from the American Society of International Law (ASIL) awarded to support fellowship in South Africa

University of Oxford:

  • Hackney BCL Scholarship – Full scholarship from Wadham College, Oxford.
  • Wadham College Prize for Distinction in Postgraduate Studies
  • Oxford Human Rights Hub-Rhodes University Travelling Fellowship
  • 42 Bedford Row Disability Law Essay Prize 2018 – Winner

LSE:

  • Slaughter and May Prize – Best performance in Part II (final year) out of 154 students.
  • Blackstone Chambers Prize – Human Rights.
  • Law Department Prize Dissertation – Best overall performance (80%)

Education

  • City Law School – BVS, Distinction
  • Harvard Law School – LLM, majority ‘Honors’
  • University of Oxford – BCL, Distinction
  • London School of Economics – LLB, First Class Honours

Professional Memberships

  • The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple – Member

Languages

Spanish (Conversational)

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