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Katherine Apps KC

Katherine Apps KC

Work Department

Equality, public/administrative, human rights, civil liberties, employment, trade unions, European, regulatory, disciplinary, medical, civil litigation, commercial.

Position

Barrister

Career

Call 2006.  Silk 2023. Previously Treasury A Panel. EHRC B Panel. MA (Hons) Cantab. LLM Harvard Law School. Bedingfield Scholar (Grays Inn). Appointed to Sport Resolution Panel: safeguarding, integrity, discrimination, commercial disputes, National Anti-Doping Panel, Premier League Judicial Panel.

Katherine’s practice sits at the cutting edge where private and public law meet and where international standards (including EU law) influence the interpretation of statutory schemes and development of the common law.  Katherine has particular expertise in equality law, having appeared in the CJEU, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, human rights (Articles 2,3,4,5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, A1P1), education, regulatory law, procurement and publicly funded contracts, good faith standards in contract law, professional discipline, employment, pensions, sport and tax.

Katherine’s full cv can be viewed at: https://www.39essex.com/profile/katherine-apps-kc

Languages

English

Memberships

ELBA, ALBA, BEG, ARDL, ELAAS

Education

LL.M Harvard Law School. MA (Hons) Law Cantab, First Class. BVC (Outstanding)

Leisure

Publications

Contributed to Gore Brown on EU Company Law (employer insolvency). Industrial Action and Trade Union Recognition (2018, OUP); Equality Act 2010 (The Law Society). Articles include: Damages claims against trade unions after Viking and Laval [2009] European Law Review 141. Nationality Discrimination in football: FIFA’s 6 + 5 Rule (2008) Solicitors Journal Vol 152 page 52.

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