Crime

Family

Prison Law, including Parole Board Hearings

Confiscation/Proceeds of Crime

English Literature & Philisophy BA Hons - Durham University

PGDL Law Conversion Course (Distinction), College of Law, Chester

BVC College of Law - London

Grays Inn Scholarship

David Karmel Entrance Award (2000-2001)

Lord Justice Holker Award (2001-2) (2002-3)

Called to the Bar 2002

Pupil of Jeremy Hill-Baker, No. 6

Particular experience of money laundering and proceeds of crime proceedings, including all aspects of confiscation. Katherine has lectured extensively on the Proceeds of Crime Act both from a prosecution and defence perspective for a variety of audiences including the Regional Assets Recovery Team and Local Authorities.

Katherine is also regularly instructed to prosecute and defend in a range of Trading Standards, DWP and other regulatory prosecutions and is currently Leading Counsel in a multi million pound conspiracy to defraud prosecution involving three companies and their directors.

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* Junior to Andrew Dallas - R v Connors & Others 2003

* Junior to Robin Frieze - R c Brown & Others 2004

* Junior to Andrew Dallas - R v Rogerson & McCartney (death by dangerous driving)

* West Yorkshire Probation Board v Townend [2005] EWHC 1953 & West Yorkshire Probation Board [2005] EWHC 2342 v Boulter - Advised and appeared for the Probation Service in the High Court. Cases concerning proof of identity of defendants and breach of probation order hearings

* Junior to Andrew Dallas - R v Young & Others (Prosecution of four youth Defendants for Murder)

* Junior to Tim Capstick - R v Cleary & Others 2006, R v Busby & Others (both Prosecutions of large scale Class 'A' drug dealing conspiracies)

* R v Silvester [2009] EWCA Crim 2182 - Appeal against sentence - Confiscation order quashed as the victim of the relevant offences has obtained a civil judgment against the offender

* R v Umakanthan & others 2009 - Prosecuted large scale fraud

* Junior to Richard Wright - R v Singh & others (2009). Defended in multi-defendant fraud and money laundering trial

* R v Tiffany (Arthur Geoffrey) AG Ref 52 of 2009 - Represented the defendant in a reference by the Attorney General in a serious child sexual abuse case

* R v Rose & Rose 2010 - Prosecuted multi million pound fraud