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Katy Colton
Work Department
Mishcon Private, Politics and Law,
Position
Katy 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.
Katy has built a reputation for excellent technical work and client service, leading to her being named in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2021, which recognises the most daring, creative and innovative lawyers. The publication noted that “Colton has already dealt crunching body blows to Britain’s political elite” and that as Head of Politics and Law, “the responsibility is now hers to build on the firm’s brand as the legal police officer when it comes to constitutional controversy, and if her past results are anything to go by, UK politicians should be wary of not playing by the rules”. Legal 500 notes that “Katy Colton is a rising star” and that she is “exceptional in human rights cases which mix corporate and ethical issues”.
In 2018, Katy was named in Management Today’s 35 women under 35, the country’s longest-running and prestigious list of young, female business talent and Katy was awarded Lawyer of the Year – Associate in the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards 2017. She was previously seconded to civil liberties organisation, Liberty, and has worked for David Lammy MP, the US Congressman Robert Wexler and for the Obama For America campaign.
Katy has also written widely and recorded podcasts on issues related to the rule of law.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
Mishcon de Reya LLP has extensive expertise in high-profile human rights cases with an international angle, as well as related areas of judicial review, employment, data protection and environmental law. Having been promoted to partner in April 2023, practice head Katy Colton leads a team with increasing strength in the immigration field, which is gaining notice for defending politically motivated prosecutions and bringing asylum claims engaging ECHR rights.
London > Public sector > Administrative and public law
(Next Generation Partners)Mishcon de Reya LLP’s strength lies in the diversity of its work; the firm is well versed in complex judicial reviews, and handles mandates ranging from environmental law to gambling regulation, immigration, data protection and discrimination issues. Katy Colton was promoted to partner in April 2023 and leads the offering, with a proven track record advising politicians, activists, NGOs and charities in relation to complex and contentious issues of equality, administrative law, and human rights. Emily Nicholson and James Libson are also noted.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Administrative and public law London > Public sector
- Civil liberties and human rights London > Public sector
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employers
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Health and safety
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Court of protection