Expertise and experience

Katherine is a Trainee Solicitor who will gain experience in family law throughout her training contract, with a focus on her particular interests in public and private child law. This will include representing clients and assisting with matters including care and adoption proceedings, the Public Law Outline (“PLO”) process and private child arrangements. Katherine has been, and will continue to be, involved in cases representing parents, other family members, intervenors and children (through their Children’s Guardian).

Since joining Miles & Partners, Katherine has assisted on a wide variety of family law cases, often involving complex issues to include where there are allegations of non-accidental injury, sexual and physical abuse and chronic neglect. Katherine has worked on cases with concerns around litigation capacity and mental health (including representing vulnerable adults through their litigation friend); immigration implications; and, domestic abuse.

Whilst at University, Katherine was a member of the Miscarriages of Justice Review Centre, a pro-bono initiative which reviewed criminal cases in which the individual maintained their innocence, to try to build a new case based on fresh evidence. This work had the aim of submitting an appeal to the Criminal Cases Review Commission to seek to overturn the conviction.

Katherine is a global award winner, issued by The Global Undergraduate Awards (2023), for research she completed as part of her degree. Her work analyses the unsuitability of the partial defences to murder for women who have experienced coercive control by their partner and then gone onto kill them. The paper advocates for reform, and suggests the time in which the deceased was a perpetrator of abuse must be considered.

Katherine also has experience working with children aged between 7 and 14 years old, as a SATs, 11+, 12+ and KS3 exams tutor at a reputable tuition centre.