Martha Spurrier (born 1986) 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 (Hons) 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. 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. She took up her post at Liberty 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. References Footnotes External links Martha Spurrier on Liberty's official website Martha Spurrier at The Guardian 1986 births Living people Alumni of City, University of London Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge British human rights activists Women human rights activists English barristers English women lawyers National Council for Civil Liberties people People educated at Godolphin and Latymer School