Payne Hicks Beach LLP

Family

Katie is a Legal Director in the Family department.

She advises in all areas of private family law, including divorce and financial remedy proceedings, nuptial agreements, cohabitation issues and private children matters. She has a particular focus on resolving financial matters between divorcing/divorced couples and unmarried parents. Many of Katie’s cases involve complex financial and/or international elements and involve high net worth and ultra high net worth clients.

Katie is described as “an outstanding family law solicitor with an extraordinary ability to manage the most complex of cases," "hardworking, astute, her attention to detail is exceptional and she has great judgment and instincts," "Katie’s client care skills are superb", "she is a star.” And “she has energy, enthusiasm and tenacity, coupled with keen intelligence and a complete understanding of the processes of the courts and the priorities of the judges. She also has a maturity well beyond her years.”

Work Highlights include:

• KV v KV (No 2) [2024] EWFC 359 (UHNW - jurisdiction trial)

• KV v KV [2024] EWFC 165 (UHNW - MPS & LSPO)

• Loh v Loh-Gronager [2024] EWFC 241 (UHNW -PNA)

• MB v CD [2024] EWHC 751 (Fam) (HNW - LSPO/legal funding)

• Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs: [2022] EWFC 135 (UNHW –PNA – Child Maintenance)

• Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs [2022] EWFC 45 (UHNW – enforcement MPS)

• Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs: MPS [2022] EWFC 6 (UHNW – MPS)

• HRH Princess Haya v Ruler of Dubai (UHNW involving 18 reported judgments:

Wardship/ Non-Molestation/ Immunity/ Foreign Act of State/ phone hacking/ Part III/LSPO/Lives With)

• Sekhri v Ray [2014] EWCA Civ 119 (jurisdiction trial - domicile)

• Chapman v Kawash [2014] EWHC 4481 (Fam) (setting aside consent orders)

• Sharbatly v Shagroon [2012] EWCA Civ 1507 (UHNW - Part III non-marriage)

Katie trained at Sears Tooth and qualified in 2013. Katie joined Payne Hicks Beach in 2019.

Katie read Chemistry & Law at Bristol University (2006-2010) and graduated with a 2.1. She completed her LPC (2010/2011) at the College of Law with Distinction.