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About
Provided by Kathleen Donnelly KC
Practice Areas
Kathleen specialises in group actions, product liability, commercial, environment and employment law.
Kathleen has acted in some of the largest and most significant class actions in the English Courts. She acted for the 555 subpostmasters against the Post Office in civil litigation concerning the operation of the Horizon IT system, resulting in the unravelling of the largest miscarriage of justice in UK history. She also acted for VW in the first vehicle emissions group action, and continues to act in the ongoing wider emissions litigation. Kathleen also acts for NEXT in the equal pay litigation concerning the effect of market forces on pay.
Kathleen has broad commercial litigation experience, including in the high profile aviation dispute between Qatar Airways v Airbus, and has experience of large scale environmental claims including the OCENSA pipeline litigation. She also continues her longstanding employment practice, with a focus on employee competition cases, both in the courts and by international arbitration.
Career
KC 2023. BA Jurisprudence (Oxon), LLM Commercial and International Law (Cantab). Hardwicke Award (Lincoln's Inn), Buchanan Scholar (Lincoln’s Inn). Called to the Bar 2005.
Professional Memberships
Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR), Health and Safety Lawyers Association (HSLA), Employment Lawyers Association (ELA).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Kathleen Donnelly KC is instructed in a broad range of environmental prosecutions and claims. She acts in high-profile litigation relating to emissions and has noted experience acting in environment-related group action mandates.
Kathleen Donnelly KC is a hugely able barrister who is entrusted with leading roles in major group litigation. She has been instructed in numerous high-profile group claims spanning consumer, employment and environmental law.
Kathleen Donnelly KC primarily represents defendants in product litigation, often working on high-profile disputes. She is particularly experienced in the automotive, aviation and energy sectors.
Kathleen Donnelly KC is a talented employment barrister with expertise in restrictive covenant matters,whistle-blowing and discrimination claims. Her practice also covers remuneration and employee benefit cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kathleen is fantastic."
"Kathleen's cross-examination is beyond exceptional."
"Kathleen exudes confidence and common sense."
"Kathleen is absolutely stellar. She is completely into the detail and very quick on her feet."
"Kathleen is just absolutely fantastic. She is a real strategist and she has group action pedigree through and through."
"Katheen is incredibly knowledgeable and really into the detail. She is also great to work with as she has great team spirit."
"Kathleen is clear, concise and commercial."
"Kathleen is absolutely stellar. She is completely into the detail and also quick on her feet."
"Kathleen is frighteningly intelligent and adjusts her approach for different experts."
"I've found her to be user-friendly and a great team player. She is wonderfully articulate, clear, concise and commercial. I think she's great and hugely impressive."
"Kathleen is fantastic."
"Kathleen's cross-examination is beyond exceptional."
"Kathleen exudes confidence and common sense."
"Kathleen is absolutely stellar. She is completely into the detail and very quick on her feet."
"Kathleen is just absolutely fantastic. She is a real strategist and she has group action pedigree through and through."
"Katheen is incredibly knowledgeable and really into the detail. She is also great to work with as she has great team spirit."
"Kathleen is clear, concise and commercial."
"Kathleen is absolutely stellar. She is completely into the detail and also quick on her feet."
"Kathleen is frighteningly intelligent and adjusts her approach for different experts."
"I've found her to be user-friendly and a great team player. She is wonderfully articulate, clear, concise and commercial. I think she's great and hugely impressive."
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