Doughty Street Chambers

Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury & Product Liability Inquests and Public Inquiries Community Care and Health Data Protection and Information Law Administrative & Public Law

Kate’s practice spans public and private law, with expertise in administrative and public law, human rights, equality and discrimination law, public inquiries, inquests and health and social care law.

Year of Call: 2007

She has been described in the legal directories as “a fantastically bright barrister”, with “forensic attention to detail”, “a very creative thinker” and “knowledgeable, empathetic, loved by clients and a pleasure to work with”.

Kate is a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission panel of specialist counsel.  She has acted for individuals, public authorities and organisations before a wide range of courts and tribunals and for charities and NGOs before domestic and European courts.  Kate has acted in many high-profile public inquiries, reviews and inquests, including as counsel to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

Kate has published and co-authored publications on human rights, equality and inquest law.  She is a contributing author to Halsbury’s Laws of England: Rights and Freedoms, Lester, Pannick & Herberg, Human Rights Law and Practice and The Inquest Book: The Law of Coroners and Inquests.  She has published in a range of legal journals, including Public Law, European Human Rights Law Review, New Law Journal and Legal Action. Her work has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Administrative Law Bar Association Human Rights Lawyers Association (Executive Committee member) Personal Injury Bar Association Professional Negligence Bar Association

BA (First Class and University Medal), University of Sydney LLB (First Class), University of Sydney