Doughty Street Chambers

Katrina is a Crime Specialist Barrister.

Prior to joining the Bar, Katrina was a Criminal Paralegal at Hickman & Rose Solicitors. Katrina assisted Jenny Wiltshire (Head of the Serious and General Crime Team) in a range of high-profile matters such as terrorism, possession of firearms, sexual offences, fraud and bribery, and CCRC appeals (notably, the Stockwell Six appeal) and cases involving young and vulnerable defendants. Katrina attended Crown, Magistrates’ and Youth courts to assist counsel and clients. Katrina’s research memos and analysis were used at trial or as part of advice in some of these cases.

Katrina has vast experience in criminal law and policy research. She was a criminal law Research Assistant at the Law Commission for England and Wales from 2019-2020. She worked on the Hate Crime Review Consultation Paper, with a specific focus on reforming hate speech legislation contained in the Public Order Act 1986 (“stirring up offences”) and the Football Offences Act 1991.

Katrina has also previously worked as a Legal Research and Policy Intern at human rights charities, JUSTICE and ARTICLE 19. At JUSTICE, Katrina worked on the Prosecuting Sexual Offences Working Party and ‘Supporting Exonerees: ensuring accessible, continuing and consistent support’ report. At ARTICLE 19, Katrina worked on the hate speech regulation on social media platforms project.

In addition to criminal legal research, during her time as a Human Rights Officer at British Institute of Human Rights (‘BIHR’), Katrina led human rights law training sessions for health and social care workers, carers and those accessing care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Katrina’s was a Volunteer Tribunals Caseworker for Zacchaeus 2000 Trust, and attended the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) to represent appellants seeking to challenge the Department for Work and Pensions decisions to discontinue their Employment Support Allowance (ESA). Katrina was also a voluntary human rights law teacher to secondary school students as part of UCL’s Grassroots Human Rights Project.