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Provided by Katy Colton
Practice Areas
aty is a Partner in Mishcon Private and Head of the Politics and Law Group. Katy specialises in political disputes, public law, and commercial litigation predominantly for individuals and their businesses and families. Katy's breadth of experience ensures that she is well-placed to devise creative solutions to meet the needs of private clients in their wider personal, political and business lives.
Katy is regularly called upon to advise on public law issues and has broad experience advising politicians, activists, NGOs and charities in relation to complex, often high profile, contentious matters engaging issues of equality, administrative law, human rights and international justice. Katy also has great experience advising clients on complex, high-stakes international litigation, deploying creative legal strategies to achieve her clients' specific objectives.
Katy has been at the forefront of high-profile legal cases. In particular, Katy acted for Gina Miller in her successful judicial review claim against the Government, arguing that Article 50 could not be triggered without the express authorisation of Parliament. Katy also made legal precedent by securing the first "fake news" injunction, acted for Margaret Hodge MP in her dispute with the Labour Party in the summer of 2018 and acted for the Jewish Labour Movement in relation to the investigation by the EHRC into Antisemitism within the Labour Party.
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Katy Colton is head of the politics and law group at Mishcon de Reya. She offers specialist expertise in a plethora of matters, including advice on political disputes, public affairs campaigns and public consultation responses.
Katy Colton acts for commercial clients and charities in a broad range of administrative and public law matters. She is particularly recognised for handling judicial reviews often involving human rights and political elements.
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"Katy Colton is super smart, down to earth and knows exactly how to position a case to secure what the client is looking for."
"Katy is across the legal nuance but also gets the commercial and political elements at play."
"Katy is simply an exceptional lawyer. Her clarity of mind, strategic planning and expressing the strategy to the client with evidence base are simply outstanding."
"Katy Colton is super-smart, down to earth and knows exactly how to position a case to secure what the client is looking for. Katy is everything that a modern law firm partner should be."
"Katy is an absolute star. She's a joy to work with and totally calm, unflappable and on top of all the details."
"She is both incredibly approachable and knowledgeable. She has the rare quality of understanding both how the courts and Parliament work and has strong strategic judgement."
"Katy Colton is super smart, down to earth and knows exactly how to position a case to secure what the client is looking for."
"Katy is across the legal nuance but also gets the commercial and political elements at play."
"Katy is simply an exceptional lawyer. Her clarity of mind, strategic planning and expressing the strategy to the client with evidence base are simply outstanding."
"Katy Colton is super-smart, down to earth and knows exactly how to position a case to secure what the client is looking for. Katy is everything that a modern law firm partner should be."
"Katy is an absolute star. She's a joy to work with and totally calm, unflappable and on top of all the details."
"She is both incredibly approachable and knowledgeable. She has the rare quality of understanding both how the courts and Parliament work and has strong strategic judgement."
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