Katherine Dunseath
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 4 : Family: Matrimonial Finance
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About
Provided by Katherine Dunseath
Practice Areas
Katherine is a leading junior in financial and private children. She has appeared in all levels of court in England and Wales and is regularly instructed on complex high net worth cases involving complex maintenance issues (domestic and international), trusts and company structures.
In her private children practice she has been instructed and led on complex matters involving medical operations on children, forced marriage, international and domestic relocation.
Cases of note include:
• Des Pallieres v Des Pallieres [2021] 4 WLR 96
• DP v DP [2020] EWHC 3188 (Fam)
• M v P (the Queen’s Proctor Intervening) [2019] 2 FLR 813
• Mills v Mills [2018] 4 All ER 612 [2018] UKSC 38
• Mills v Mills [2017] EWCA Civ 129
• Re L and B (Children) (Specific issues: Temporary leave to Remove from the Jurisdiction; Circumcision) [2017] 1 FLR 1349
• In the Matter of JL and AO (Babies Relinquished for Adoption) [2016] 4 WLR 40; [2017] 1 FLR 1545
She was shortlisted for:
Junior Pro Bono Barrister of the Year (Bar Pro Bono Awards 2019)
Junior Barrister of the Year (Family Law Awards 2017)
Career
Judicial Assistant, Court of Appeal (March – July 2008)
Blue Book Stagiaire, European Commission (October 2007- February 2008)
Stage Scholar and Prince of Wales Scholar, Gray’s Inn
Year of Call: 2008
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Katherine Dunseath is a respected advocate whose busy family law practice encompasses financial remedy cases and private children law. She is experienced in handling cases concerning relocation and child abduction, and also represents clients in applications relating to periodical payment orders.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Katherine is a highly impressive advocate. Clients are always impressed by her thorough preparation and her steely advocacy."
"Katherine is razor-sharp and fights like a tiger for her clients. Her tenacity and technical ability instil confidence in her clients."
"Katherine is simply exceptional in every way. She is fiercely intelligent, yet incredibly personable, and goes above and beyond to assist with matters."
"Katherine is a highly impressive advocate. Clients are always impressed by her thorough preparation and her steely advocacy."
"Katherine is razor-sharp and fights like a tiger for her clients. Her tenacity and technical ability instil confidence in her clients."
"Katherine is simply exceptional in every way. She is fiercely intelligent, yet incredibly personable, and goes above and beyond to assist with matters."
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