Ranked in 4 Practice Areas
3

Band 3

Environment

London (Bar)

4 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Group Litigation

All Circuits

4 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Product Liability

London (Bar)

1 Years Ranked

4

Band 4

Employment

London (Bar)

11 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Kathleen Donnelly KC

UK Bar

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).

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