Profile

Katharine is an associate in the family team, based in London. She acts for clients on a full spectrum of family law matters including financial remedies, divorce and child arrangements. 

She has particular experience in financial remedy cases involving high-net-worth individuals, and complex and/or international elements. She has also acted in jurisdiction disputes, Part III claims (financial remedies after a foreign divorce), nullity, child arrangements and claims involving trusts. In 2024, Katharine was awarded a prize in the IAFL European Chapter Young Lawyers’ Awards for her essay on international child arrangements and maintenance. 

Katharine completed her training contract at the firm, gaining experience in the wider private wealth group during her time in the contentious private client (trust and probate disputes) team. Prior to this, she worked as a researcher on the publication Egalitarian Digital Privacy: Image Based Abuse and Beyond (Bristol University Press, 2023), and as such is knowledgeable and sensitive to matters involving issues surrounding privacy and reputation. She holds a first-class degree from the University of Sheffield and a distinction in the LPC/LLM from BPP University.