Financial Remedies; Private Children Law; Collaborative Law; Private FDR and Early Neutral Evaluation; Direct Access

Kate is a specialist family practitioner with a particular interest in matrimonial finance and private law disputes. The mercurial nature of family law is what attracted Kate to practice in this area and she is committed to keeping up with its numerous developments. Kate is dedicated to providing robust and realistic advice with a focus on early dispute resolution. If matters cannot settle away from the Court arena, Kate will present and defend her cases in Court with tenacity and determination. Her approach to cases, and clients, together with her advocacy skills has resulted in a busy and continually expanding practice.

Kate represents clients across the entire spectrum of matrimonial finance disputes. She is often brought in to advise at an early stage as to strategy and the merits of a case. She is regularly instructed in high-net-worth cases and those involving third party and business interests.

Kate represents parties who are in dispute regarding the future arrangements for their children. She acts in cases with a complex factual basis and where serious allegations, of all natures, are made. Her focus is always on securing an outcome that works for the family. She will secure the best possible outcome, whether in Court or in negotiation, for her client.

Kate acts as an early neutral evaluator in private Financial Dispute Resolution hearings. She is committed to providing a tailormade solution to the parties to aid them in their settlement discussions and has an extremely high success rate of cases settling with her assistance. She is also regularly instructed to act on behalf of one party in pFDRs and in arbitrations covering financial as well as private law issues.

Year of Call: 2002

Family Law Bar Association Lincoln’s Inn Affiliate Member of Resolution

LLB (Hons) University of Newcastle College of Law, London Qualified Collaborative Lawyer