7BR

Family; Crime; Court of Protection

Kitty has a busy mixed practice combining public and private family law with general crime.

In the Family Courts, Kitty regularly acts for parents, children and local authorities. She has appeared in the Court of Appeal and the High Court. She has experience in care proceedings, adoption, wardship and applications under the inherent jurisdiction, including abduction, relocation and forced marriage.

She has worked on large-scale offshore financial investigations, advised on LPP and has recently been led in the Crown Court on long running cases involving Encrochat.

Kitty accepts instructions in respect of both welfare and property and affairs matters in the Court of Protection. She acts on behalf of protected parties and Local Authorities.  Her considerable experience in public family proceedings with clients with cognitive difficulties and mental health issues means she is particularly well placed to represent clients whose capacity is nuanced or fluctuating.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Kitty studied Russian and French at Edinburgh University and went on to complete a Masters degree in Russian and European Studies at Oxford. She worked as an analyst in a London-based business intelligence firm conducting large scale asset traces and investigations in the Former Soviet Union.

Russian; French

Criminal Bar Association

BPTC Major Scholarship, Inner Temple GDL Exhibition, Inner Temple Clarke-Robson Prize for Russian, Edinburgh University