Martha Spurrier


Martha Spurrier is a British barrister and human rights campaigner. She is the director of the advocacy group Liberty, succeeding Shami Chakrabarti.

Early life

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

Career

Before joining Liberty, Spurrier worked as a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, of which she remains an associate tenant. She assumed her new post at the end of May 2016.
In July 2018, Spurrier was awarded the Hero Award at the 20th Annual ISPA Awards by the ISPA Council for challenging the Investigatory Powers Act in the High Court.

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