Kate Jones

Kate Jones

Specialises in Family Law, Immigration Law & Civil Law

Before commencing pupillage, Kate worked as a paralegal in the family department of a prominent legal aid firm. She also spent a number of months working in the legal department of a global commercial property company as well as interning for Sisters for Change; a grassroots legal organisation combating violence against women globally.

Prior to studying on the BPTC Kate worked for a think tank in Westminster for three years before moving to work as a Research Fellow for Reprieve in New Orleans, USA. Kate has undertaken voluntary research posts at the Women’s Legal Centre in Cape Town, South Africa; Kayan, an Arab feminist NGO in Haifa, Israel; at the UK Environmental Law Association and at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London.

Kate practises in all aspects of family finance proceedings, including applications pursuant to TOLATA 1996. She represents spouses, co-habitants and intervenors at all stages of proceedings, including in trials of preliminary issue hearings and final hearings.

Kate has experience of a wide range of financial remedies applications, including cases which involve High net worth clients, Children Act and injunctive proceedings, complexity or have an international element, Freezing Injunctions, Pre or post-acquired assets, Enforcement of orders, disputes over the applicability of pre or post nuptial agreements and Schedule 1 Children Act claims.

Kate also regularly acts in all areas of private children law including internal and external relocation and child arrangement disputes. She has experience in complex cases such as those involving allegations of serious domestic abuse including sexual assault, cases in which a Guardian has been appointed as well as in applications for enforcement.

Kate further acts in injunctive proceedings with experience of urgent, without notice applications. She has acted in cases involving serious allegations of domestic violence and abuse and has conducted multi-day fact finding hearings within Family Law Act proceedings. Kate has experience in representing vulnerable clients.

In relation to Immigration law, Kate appears before the First-Tier and Upper-Tier Tribunals in asylum, deportation and human rights appeals as well as bail applications. She advises on merits of both fresh claims and appeals as well drafting grounds for judicial review applications. Kate has experience representing vulnerable clients including victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation and unaccompanied asylum seeking children.

In regards to civil law, Kate has experience appearing in landlord and tenant and other property disputes in both the county courts and the Valuations Tribunal, including cases involving rent arrears, determination of council tax charges, possession and applications for orders for sale. She has acted for Claimants and Defendants in contractual disputes, debt recovery claims, and enforcement. She also undertakes drafting and advisory work.

Kate also has experience in personal injury matters acting on behalf of both Claimants and Defendants. She advises on liability, causation, quantum, and drafts pleadings. Kate has also worked on complex and high value Personal Injury matters for the Government Legal Department through the Junior Junior scheme.

Awards

Pegasus Scholar 2018, Inner Temple

Anne Goddard Scholarship, Gray’s Inn

Prince of Wales Scholarship, Gray’s Inn

Human Rights Scholarship, Gray’s Inn

Human Rights Lawyers Association Bursary, City University

Accreditations

Bar Professional Training Course, City University London

MA, World History, Birkbeck College London

LLB, Law, King’s College London