Landmark Chambers

Katharine has a diverse practice, encompassing planning, environment and public law, particularly Court of Protection, mental health, education, election and tax matters.

Katharine is a strong and accomplished advocate, who appears in the Magistrates’ Court, County Court, High Court, Court of Protection, First-tier and Upper Tribunals, coroners’ courts and professional disciplinary panels, both as junior counsel and in her own right.

Katharine was appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel in 2021. Prior to and since her appointment, she has been instructed by both the GLD and HMRC to act in complex, high value litigation alongside leading counsel.

She also has extensive experience in private and public inquiry work, including acting as junior counsel to the Dame Linda Dobbs Review commissioned by Lloyds Banking Group.

Katharine’s extensive knowledge of trusts, probate and general private client law makes her exceptionally well placed to advise in cases where public and private law issues meet. She also handles cases at the interface of public and criminal law.

Katharine accepts public access and pro bono instructions where appropriate.

A strong believer in promoting both access to justice and diversity at the Bar, Katharine regularly accepts pro bono instructions through Advocate, is a session leader and mentor for BME Legal and champions access to legal work experience for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. She is also a tutor with The Access Project, a charity which supports students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access top universities.

Beyond the Bar, Katharine sings as a soprano with the Collegium Musicum of London Chamber Choir and previously sang with the London Symphony Chorus. She is a keen rugby union fan and played for Haringey Rhinos RFC until she retired from the sport in 2019. She also enjoys a casual game of netball.

A keen linguist, Katharine speaks Italian and French and has studied German, Russian and Mandarin.

Qualifications

• University of Cambridge: Classics, BA (Hons) (Starred first class, 2014)

• Kaplan Law School: GDL (Distinction, 2015)

• BPP Law School: BPTC (Outstanding, 2016)

Scholarships

• Shelford Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn

• Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn

• Lord Bowen Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn

• Foundation Scholarship, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Awards

• Buchanan Prize, Lincoln’s Inn

• Excellence Award, BPP Law School

• Griffiths Roman Prize, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Memberships

Appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel of Junior Counsel

• Administrative Law Bar Association

• Court of Protection Bar Association

• Planning and Environmental Bar Association

• United Kingdom Environmental Law Association

• The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn (ad eundem)

• The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn

Publications

• So 'water' now for sewer discharges? (UKELA) (May 2023)

• Challenging findings of fact about foreign law: Dos and Don’ts (Perry v Lopag Trust Reg (No 2)) (Lexis) (June 2023)

• Deprivation of Liberty Seminar (November 2022) (Lexis)

• Specificity in Education, Health and Care Plans (DN v Cornwall CC) (13 October 2022) (Lexis)

• Powers of Attorney: Creating the bulletproof LPA (October 2022) (Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal)

• Approach to retrospective determinations of LPA capacity clarified (Public Guardian v RI & others) (July 2022) (Lexis)

• Disability and the Right to Vote: Reflections on R (Andrews) v Minister for the Cabinet Office (No 1) [2019] EWHC 1126 (Admin) and R (Andrews) v Minister for the Cabinet Office (No 2) [2021] EWHC 2233 (Admin) (November 2021) (ARENA Magazine)

• “You don’t have the votes!” Challenging political election results in England & Wales (February 2021) (ARENA Magazine