Areas of Practice
Track Record
Advising a wealthy Middle Eastern family in connection with the preparation of pre and post-nuptial agreements for the heirs as part of a wealth protection strategy in order to preserve it for future generations. The family lead a highly international lifestyle which resulted in the need to work closely with lawyers in various jurisdictions
Acting for an international sport star in connection his divorce proceedings with his wife, a renowned model
Acting for the wife in the case of WM v HM [2017] EWFC 25. The primary issue in the case related to the value and extraction of liquidity from the parties’ family business in order to meet the wife’s award. The husband also attempted unsuccessfully to argue that he had made a special contribution to the marriage which should justify a departure from equality
Advising a father in relation to his ex-wife’s application to relocate their two children abroad
Acting for the husband in the case of B v B [2013] EWHC 1232 (Fam) in a two week trial in the High Court. The family had liquid wealth of £40m and the husband had potential illiquid wealth of, on the wife’s case, between €139m to €278m as a result of the husband’s fund manager role at a private equity firm. The main issue in the case was the extent to which the wife should be entitled to share in these valuable illiquid assets in the future. Katie and the team successfully argued on behalf of the husband that there should be a substantial departure from equality in relation to the illiquid assets given the post-separation efforts required by the husband to bring the funds to fruition
Acting for Mr Don Gallagher, a male civil partner in the case of Lawrence v Gallagher [2012] EWCA Civ 394 which was the first civil partnership financial relief case to reach the High Court and subsequently the Court of Appeal. The case was widely reported in the media, being the first of its kind
Acting for the former husband in relation to his former wife’s claim for further maintenance provision for their disabled child, who is now in her 20s but still lives with her mother and her mother’s new husband
Awards & Rankings
Legal 500, Next Gen Partner, 2021
Chambers HNW Awards, Shortlisted – Rising Star, 2020
Chambers HNW, Up and Coming, 2020
Legal 500, Rising Stars, 2020
Spear’s 500, Rising Star, 2019 – 2020
Spears Family Lawyers, Rising Star, 2018
Publications
Tolley’s Estate Planning
Memberships
Resolution
Family Mediation Council
Education & Qualification
University of Leeds
Qualified as a solicitor in 2009 and trained with Boodle Hatfield
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