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Katherine Taunton

Katherine Taunton

11KBW, London

Position

Specialist in employment, commercial, data protection and public law. Katherine is often involved in complex litigation in each of these areas. Her current and recent cases include Forstater v CGD Europe & others [2021] IRLR 706 (EAT proceedings on the question of whether gender critical beliefs are protected under the Equality Act); Jennifer Webster v HMRC (high-profile data protection proceedings brought by a former US citizen to challenge the transfer of financial account information to the US tax authorities under a bilateral treaty); in TW Logistics v Essex County Council [2021] UKSC 4 (concerning the registration of part of a commercial port as a Town and Village Green).

Career

Called to the Bar in 2017.

Before coming to the Bar, Katherine was a consultant at a leading public relations firm, where she advised major companies on corporate-level communications strategies and media relations, particularly in the financial services sector.

Memberships

ELA

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