"She is incredibly knowledgeable about technical aspects." |
"She is tenacious, direct and phenomenally forensic." |
"She is good in particularly complex cases." |
"Katherine is tactically brilliant, her level of technical knowledge is fantastic, and she is very good with clients." - Travel: International Personal Injury - London (Bar)
Chambers & Partners 2025
"Katherine is a fantastic barrister with an eye for detail, who gets on really well with clients." - Aviation - London (Bar)
Chambers & Partners 2025
"Katherine is really practical and fearless in how she approaches cases. She is tenacious and has great presence in court, providing practical solutions to unbending defendants." |
"She is always responsive and provides strategically and tactically great advice." - Personal Injury - London (Bar)
Chambers & Partners 2025
‘She is the best in her business, by far. A truly exceptional barrister with a formidable legal brain, a lovely personality, which helps with personal injury clients, and a huge knowledge of the relevant law. She leaves her opponents quaking in their boots.’ - Travel and Aviation
Legal 500 2025
‘Katherine is stellar – she is responsive, practical and brilliant on her feet.’ - Personal Injury
Legal 500 2025
"“Katherine's approach is quite practical and strategic. She gets to the point and has an understanding of aviation.”
“Katherine is a very courteous and effective advocate, highly experienced in aviation personal injury cases and a standout in that field.”
“It doesn't get any better than Katherine.”"
- Aviation
Chambers & Partners 2024
“When she is on a case, you no longer have to worry. Her insight into travel law is second to none and is she very impressive in court as a result.” - Travel: International Personal Injury
Chambers & Partners 2024
‘Katherine is an excellent, practical counsel who makes sound commercial judgments and provides honest, timely and helpful advice on the management of issues. She is confident and a fierce advocate on any matter, producing excellent results for lay clients.’ - Aviation
Legal 500 2024
"Katherine is an excellent, practical counsel who makes sound commercial judgements and provide honest timely and helpful advice on the management of issues." - Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
Legal 500 2024
"Katherine's knowledge of international catastrophic and fatal civil claims is unsurpassable."
"She is a highly effective communicator."
"Katherine is skilled in the meticulous preparation, investigation and conduct of complex international civil cases."
"She is a fiercely intelligent advocate and passionate about achieving the best results for her clients."
"Katherine is a pragmatic negotiator who is well prepared." - Travel: International Personal Injury - London (Bar)
Chambers and Partners 2023
"She is a superb advocate who is always available and hard-working." - Aviation - London (Bar)
Chambers and Partners 2023
‘Great poise and directness of thought.' Ranked: Tier 4 - Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud - UK Bar
Legal 500 2023
‘She is particularly prompt at dealing with minor queries, appreciating that they are easily dealt. Her written work is excellent, straightforward, easy to read and understand.' Ranked: Tier 3 - Aviation- UK Bar
Legal 500 2023
‘Katherine is a trustworthy barrister. She knows how to best deal with a matter from a strategic point of view, and her advocacy is simply outstanding.’ - Travel Law UK Bar
Legal 500 2023
"No one can touch her for her client care, expertise and sheer brilliance in court." - Aviation - London (Bar)
Chambers & Partners 2022
"She is incredibly hard-working, accessible, very knowledgeable and a brilliant advocate." - Travel: International Personal Injury - London (Bar)
Chambers & Partners 2022
‘ She has vast experience in this specialist area of the law which she herself has helped to shape. ’ Leading Silk - Travel Law
Legal 500 2022
‘ Katherine is extremely efficient and knowledgeable about cross-border claims, jurisdictional disputes, and aviation in general. She is an open book and would deal with the cases above and beyond of what she is required to. Her attention to detail is great too. ’ Leading Silk - Aviation
Legal 500 2022
‘ Katherine isolates the issues that will be a bar to settlement at an early stage and works to develop a strategy to deal with those issues to promote early case resolution. ’ Leading Silk - Personal Injury
Legal 500 2022
"She combines her unrivalled knowledge and exquisite advocacy skills with a practical attitude that focuses on the needs of the client." "A very impressive silk with a razor-sharp intellect." "Great with clients - she's very pragmatic and takes a commercial approach." - Travel: International Personal Injury
Chambers and Partners 2021
"She has a phenomenal knowledge of the subject area across all categories of claims, including aviation and serious injury Montreal Convention claims. She's extremely helpful and incredibly approachable. She's a cross-border transaction star in her field." - Aviation
Chambers and Partners 2021
‘Extremely practical, has integrity with opponents, and always provides advocacy of the highest calibre.’ - 2019 Silks - Personal Injury
Legal 500 2021
‘An extraordinary advocate with an unrivalled depth of knowledge. She provides clear written advice and excels at explaining what are often quite complicated technical issues in terms that lay clients can understand.’ - 2019 Silk - Travel law (including jurisdictional issues)
Legal 500 2021
‘She is extremely efficient and knowledgeable about cross-border claims, jurisdictional disputes, and aviation in general. Katherine is an open book and would deal with the cases above and beyond of what she is required to. Her attention to detail is great too.’ - Aviation, 2019 Silks
Legal 500 2021
"She is incredibly academic and very good with details. She is also always quick to respond and is very user-friendly." "She is always at the very top of her game and is a formidable opponent. She is always approachable and accommodating and goes beyond what is asked of her." "She has an encyclopaedic knowledge of travel law."
Travel: International Personal Injury
Chambers & Partners 2020
An excellent claimant barrister whose intellect and determined advocacy has earned her a solid market profile. She specialises in cases regarding personal injury claims and fatal aviation accidents, and has handled cases arising out of incidents ranging from light aircraft crashes to headline-making helicopter and airline disasters. She is particularly adept at handling cases with an international element and speaks several languages.
"Nothing fazes her. Always well prepared and up for a fight, she's firm, direct and someone who never backs down."
Aviation
Chambers & Partners 2020
"She continues to be the best of the best when it comes to this area. Her unrivalled knowledge and exquisite advocacy skills combined with a practical attitude that focuses on the needs of the client make her the go-to name in this field."
"She is incredibly knowledgeable, very sympathetic to clients and a fearless advocate."
Travel: International Personal Injury - Star Individual
"I'd use her for anything out of the ordinary or strange. She's just a go-to barrister; she's amazing."
"She's technically excellent."
Aviation
Chambers & Partners 2019
Ranked Tier 1: Aviation
‘She is diligent, methodical, approachable and demonstrates great empathy towards the claimant’s needs. ’
Ranked Tier 1: Personal Injury, Industrial Disease and Insurance fraud
‘Quick thinker and excellent advocate on her feet.
Ranked Tier 1: Travel Law
‘A fountain of knowledge concerning jurisdictional issues, cross-border claims and package travel claims.
Legal 500 2019
Katherine is ranked as one of the 5 most highly regarded juniors for her work in Aviation and Travel, and is described as ‘tenacious’ yet ‘a pleasure to work with.’
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