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.

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. She took a law conversion course at City University London, and then the bar professional training course at BPP University.

Before joining Liberty, Spurrier worked at Doughty Street Chambers, of which she remains an associate tenant. She assumed her new post at the end of May 2016.