Katherine Illsley
Highlights
Katherine's practice covers family law, property law and Probate
Conversational German and French
Appointed as Deputy District Judge in 2020.
She has appeared in the High Court, the Court of Appeal and assisted on cases in the Supreme Court during pupillage.
Katherine can accept instructions in appropriate cases from members of the public under the Bar Direct Public Access Scheme.
Accepts instructions on the following basis
Hourly Rate
Fixed Fee
Katherine Illsley
Family Law, Property Law & Probate Specialist
Add to My TeamKatherine joined 4KBW in 2011 after completion of pupillage at a specialist family law set. Her practice covers the following areas:
. Probate
. Family Law
. Property Law
Katherine can accept instructions in appropriate cases from members of the public under the Bar Direct Public Access Scheme.
She has appeared in the High Court, the Court of Appeal and assisted on cases in the Supreme Court during pupillage.
Katherine has a particular interest in cases involving matrimonial finance. She has advised and acted in cases involving hidden assets, bankruptcy and also where there are parallel Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings, multiple parties and claims about trusts.
She is happy to draft prenuptial and postnuptial agreements as well as handle cases in which a nuptial agreement is in issue.
Katherine has also acted in a number of private law children cases. These have included cases involving an implacably hostile parent, false allegations, issues around domestic violence and substance misuse as well as cases that have developed into care proceedings. Recent cases have included issues concerning judicial questioning, historic sexual abuse allegations and religious upbringing.
She accepts instructions in cases involving surrogacy as well as international children work.
In regards to Property (Trusts of Land and Cohabitation Disputes) Katherine accepts instructions in Schedule 1 applications and TOLATA claims. Recent cases have included a TOLATA claim involving an extensive investment portfolio of properties and a claim involving an argument around proprietary estoppel. She acts in cases of cohabitee relationship breakdown as well as family investment vehicle cases where disputes over beneficial shares arise.
Add to My TeamAccreditations
University of Oxford, BA (Hons) (English Language and Literature)
Oxford Brookes University (Graduate Diploma in Law)
College of Law, Bloomsbury (Bar Vocational Course)
Quatercentenary Scholarship (Middle Temple) 2008
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