SILK PROFILE

Matthew Butt KC

UK Bar 2026

3 Raymond Buildings

Ranked in 5 practice areas

Police Law: Mainly Defendant

All Circuits

Licensing

London (Bar)

Crime

London (Bar)

Inquests & Public Inquiries

London (Bar)

Professional Discipline

London (Bar)

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Police Law: Mainly Defendant - All Circuits

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Matthew Butt KC is a talented barrister who is highly regarded for his work on behalf of police forces and officers in inquests and disciplinary proceedings.

Strengths

Matthew Butt is really good. He is very strong, a no-nonsense practitioner.

Matthew Butt extraordinary and trusted. He is involved on every shooting inquest and inquiry; everyone thinks he is a genius. He's universally feared and respected, he always wins.

Matthew Butt is just terrific. My favourite person for police law advice.

Matthew Butt is very effective. I hear he can turn cases in a way you need to be alert to.

Matthew Butt is outstanding forensically. He can discover facts from papers better than anyone I know. He is a brute force advocate, he pulverises cases.

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Licensing - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Matthew Butt KC advises various players in the market, such as restaurants, bars and casino operators. He has an established practice handling premises licence hearings and reviews.

Strengths

Matthew Butt is fantastic - he is really well researched, he thinks outside the box, and his client care is second to none.

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Crime - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

A leading silk who acts for both the prosecution and defence, including in specialist appellate work. He has particular expertise in matters relating to the use of firearms and is one of only a very few barristers with experience of universal jurisdiction war crimes prosecuted in the UK.

Strengths

Matthew Butt KC is a brilliant lawyer and a highly gifted advocate.

People feel they can trust him with regard to confidential and sensitive issues. He has a very good sense in relation to that. He is effective and really good on the law.

Matthew is supremely clever. He is great to work with and provides a wealth of experience.

He distils complex things down into easy language.

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Inquests & Public Inquiries - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Matthew Butt KC is a respected silk with a wide-ranging inquests and inquiries practice, in which he often represents the police. He has been instructed in many of the most controversial inquests and inquiries concerning acts of terrorism, such as the Fishmongers' Hall and London Bridge inquests and the Manchester Arena Inquiry.

Strengths

Matthew is an exceptional silk. He is good on paper and a silky smooth advocate with an impressive inquest practice.

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Professional Discipline - London (Bar)

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Matthew Butt KC is very highly regarded for his adept representation of police officers in serious misconduct hearings. He frequently appears before Police Appeals Tribunals and in judicial reviews. He is also instructed in inquests scrutinising police conduct.