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Kate Gallafent KC KC
Position
Barrister specialising in administrative/judicial review; human rights; employment law; sports law; discrimination; common law (general). Full professional career details can be found at www.blackstonechambers.com.
Career
Qualified 1997, Gray’s Inn; QC 2014.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Employment
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Kate Gallafent KC – Blackstone Chambers ‘Kate is in a class of her own. She is a tremendously gifted lawyer and also a uniquely brilliant asset as a team player. She has outstanding gifts of perception regarding witnesses and how to question them.’
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Kate Gallafent KC –Blackstone Chambers ‘She has brilliant technical knowledge, and commands the trust and respect of the court.’
London Bar > Data protection
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Kate Gallafent KC – Blackstone Chambers ‘Kate’s technical and strategic mind is second to none. She is able to analyze complex legal and factual information, before cutting to the heart of the matter quickly and effectively. Her advocacy work is first rate and her ability to translate complex legal issues into easily understandable form for a client is especially impressive.’
Blackstone Chambers members are regularly involved in high profile and complex cases in the data protection and freedom of information field. Kate Gallafent KC provides ongoing data protection advice to various institutions within the Catholic Church of England & Wales, in the context of statutory inquiry and subject order requests. Gayatri Sarathy regularly appears on data and privacy cases before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, Administrative Court and appellate courts.
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Sport
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Kate Gallafent KC – Blackstone Chambers ‘Kate is superior in this area of practice. She is an absolute class act and a formidable advocate. She is very user-friendly, and client focused. She always offers sound advice and navigates complex matters with ease and skill. She is simply astounding.’