Family: Children
London (Bar)
11 years ranked
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Over the last five years, Katy has appeared in a significant number of the leading cases in international family law in both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal. She appears routinely in the High Court. In tandem with her international practice, Katy undertakes work in matrimonial finance and private law children. She has a keen interest in relocation cases and those involving applications under the Maintenance Regulations.
Member of the International Family Law Committee
Policy Officer for the Child Abduction Lawyers Association
Member of the FLBA
Re D: a decision of its time? Family Law Week 30 June 2016; Habitual Residence and Joinder in Child Abduction Cases: The Supreme Court’s judgment in LC (Children) Family Law Week 19 January 2014; The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007: Two Years on [2011] Fam Law 76 (co- author); The Non-recognition and Enforcement of Judgments Relating to Parental Responsibility Under Brussels II Revised [2010] Fam Law 1121; The Registration of Judgments and Orders Under Brussels II Revised [2010] Fam Law 854
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Katy Chokowry specialises in cross-border child abduction, leave to remove and relocation proceedings and has appeared in both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Sources praise her for her meticulous preparation and attentiveness, as well as her adept handling of international matters.
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One of the most knowledgeable lawyers for jurisdictional disputes. Katy is strategically brilliant, incredibly kind, hard-working and supportive.
Katy was a class act; resolutely professional and tenacious but always compassionate with the client.
Katy is a rare talent. She is an expert at children law work, particularly international children law, and complex money cases.
Katy Chokowry is an expert in the field and one day set to be a leading silk in the area of international child abduction.
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