Kate Salter > Kingsley Napley LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Kingsley Napley LLP Offices
20 Bonhill Street
London
EC2A 4DN
England
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Kate Salter
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Kate is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team. She regularly acts for individuals in bringing and defending claims against estates, including claims for lack of capacity, want of knowledge and approval and undue influence. She also has broad experience in fraud and forgery claims and proceedings in the Court of Protection, as well as professional negligence claims relating to wills and trusts, and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. Kate also works on a number of complex and high value commercial claims, including contractual disputes and civil fraud cases.
Kate regularly writes on trust and estate issues and developments, her content having been picked up and republished by other publications including Today’s Wills & Probate, ePrivateClient and LexisNexis.
Career
Kate trained and qualified at Kingsley Napley in 2014 and became a senior associate in 2019.
Memberships
Kate is a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS). Kate is also an active member of the Contentious Trusts Association (ConTrA) and has been a Committee Member since 2017.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
(Leading associates)Kingsley Napley LLP ‘is a very strong team with real strength at all levels of seniority; a perfect choice for any heavy contentious trusts and estates work’. Ryan Mowat leads ‘a great team’, which continues to advise on a myriad of complex and high-value disputes, in addition to having expertise in criminal, fraud, and media-related disputes. Its lawyers also have experience in both commercial litigation and civil fraud. The group is additionally sought after for its expertise in high-value trusts and divorce cases. Laura Phillips has particular experience in handling complex validity disputes, disputes concerning high-value farms and landed estates, and unusual Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependant) Act 1975 claims. Anna O’Carroll and Kate Salter are also recommended. Katherine Pymont was promoted to the partnership in May 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading associates London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Contentious trusts and probate London > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Costs lawyers
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Residential property
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Employment > Employers
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > ESG