Region Area

Barristers

Katie Phillips

Work Department

Family Team

Career

Katie represents Local Authorities, parents, children and interested parties in her public law children work. In private law cases she acts for both applicants and respondents. Katie often appears on behalf of children, including separately represented children and other vulnerable parties, including parents with mental health or learning disabilities.

Katie regularly appears in complex matters involving suspected non-accidental injury, sexual abuse allegations, neglect and domestic abuse. Katie regularly advises and acts in fact finding hearings requiring forensic analysis of medical and expert evidence.

Katie specialises in cases involving an international dimension and the movement of children between jurisdictions including in a public law context, abduction and leave to remove and has been instructed in radicalisation cases for both Local Authorities and parents.

Katie is instructed in the Family Court, the High Court and in the Court of Appeal.

Memberships

Family Law Bar Association Association of Lawyers for Children

Position

Katie is a family law specialist, practising across all areas of children law and the full range of injunctive work.

Education

Nottingham High School for Girls MA Oxon, St Anne’s College, Oxford

Mentions

London Bar

Family: children and domestic abuse

LEADING JUNIORS2
Katie Phillips –42BR Barristers ‘Katie is a talented advocate who always has a firm grasp of the detail and nuances in any case where she is instructed. She is very user-friendly and always willing to go the extra mile for her clients.’