Katherine Apps KC

Practice Areas

Katherine’s practice spans public and human rights law, disciplinary/ regulatory, EU, international, employment and commercial law including procurement. She has particular expertise in appellate advocacy and in domestic and international equality law. Katherine’s cases are often at the cutting edge of the intersection between public and private law. Katherine is qualified in England and Wales and in the Republic of Ireland.

Katherine is described in directories as “the right person to go to with a difficult and novel point of law” (The Legal 500); “outstanding, confident, direct and eminently approachable” (The Legal 500) who “can think through cutting-edge issues of law in an impressive way” (The Legal 500); “very much in control of a complex brief” (Chambers and Partners) with “expertise that is so wide-ranging” (Chambers and Partners); ”Professional, cooperative, experienced, and personally very kind” (Chambers and Partners).

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Career

University of Cambridge MA(Hons) Law First Class (2001-2004)

Harvard LLM (2004-2005)

Bar Vocational Course (2005-2006) (Outstanding)

Call 2006

Qualified for the Irish Bar (2019)

Silk 2023

Professional Memberships

Equality and Human Rights Commission Silks Panel (2024)

Premier League Judicial Panel

Sports Resolutions Arbitration Panels; National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP), National Safeguarding Panel (NSP), Commercial, Discrimination and General panels.

FA Specialist and Safeguarding Panels

Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)

Employment Lawyers Association (ELA)

Employment Law Bar Association (ELBA)

Bar European Group (BEG)

UK European Lawyers Association (UKAELA)

Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL)

Called to the Irish Bar (2019)

Publications

Recent AI and the law podcast. See www.39essex.com for episodes