3 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, LONDON, WC2A 3AA, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 020 7242 9700
- Fax:
- Fax 020 7539 4701
- DX:
- 340 LONDON / CHANCERY LANE
- Web:
- www.harcus-sinclair.co.uk
- Email:
Kathryn Peat
- Tel:
- Work +44 20 7539 4722
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Work Department
Family law.
Position
Kathryn is a partner in the family department, specialising in international and domestic financial cases arising from divorce or the breakdown in cohabitation. She also deals with Schedule 1 Children Act disputes and an increasing area of her practice is the preparation and negotiation of nuptial agreements, particularly where there are tax and jurisdiction issues. Kathryn acted for the wife in the reported Court of Appeal case of Martin-Dye v Martin-Dye [2006] EWCA Civ 681 and the father in Morgan v Hill [2006] EWCA Civ 1602. Although Kathryn acts in a number of high-value and high-profile case, her practice also involves advising professional and business individuals and their spouses on their financial and Children Act disputes. She finds a great deal of satisfaction in bringing her technical expertise and pragmatic approach to these sort of cases and in considering the needs of her clients in all that she does. Kathryn is a Resolution qualified mediator and an accredited family law arbitrator. She is also a trained collaborative lawyer. She sits as a recorder in family law.
Career
GM & Timothy Day & Co 1980-86; partner Taylor Joynson Garrett (Joynson Hicks) 1986-97; partner Druces and Atlee 1997-99; partner Gordon Dadds 1999-2009; partner Harcus Sinclair 2009 to date.
Member
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Resolution.
Education
St Paul's, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Reading University.
Leisure
Good food, wine, hiking, music, theatre.
Practice Areas
Family - children; Family - matrimonial
