Kate Stone

Kate Stone

Court of protection, inquests and public inquiries, international law, prison law, public law (judicial review), Garden Court North Chambers

Work Department

Court of Protection, Inquests and public inquiries, International law, Prison law, Public law (judicial review)

Position

Kate Stone is a human rights and public law specialist, with an emphasis on inquests and inquiries, judicial review and civil actions against public authorities. She has a developing Court of Protection practice. Kate was instructed as junior counsel for 22 families in the Hillsborough inquests (2014 to 2016). She is instructed as part of the Counsel team on behalf of Covid Bereaved Families for Justice in the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry.

She also specialises in international human rights law.

Education

MA (First Class) University of Edinburgh; PGDL; Major Scholar (Inner Temple); MA in International Human Rights Law (Oxon.)

Mentions

Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Administrative and public law (including civil liberties and human rights)

LEADING JUNIORS2

Kate Stone – Garden Court North Chambers ‘Kate is an extremely clear and articulate barrister. Her advocacy is effective because of the clarity that she holds in her questioning of witnesses, and she can cut through the complexity that can arise from considering various documents and distil it in a very simple way to then put before witnesses, which makes her a very good jury advocate.’

Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Inquests and inquiries

LEADING JUNIORS1

Kate Stone – Garden Court North Chambers ‘Kate provides practical and client-focused advice and is always on top of the detail of cases. She is also great with lay clients and persuasive on her feet in front of judges and coroners.'

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