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Kathryn Howarth

020 7421 8000 khowarth@36bedfordrow.co.uk

Position

Kathryn Howarth practices in domestic and international crime, extradition, public law and public international law. Kathryn has particular expertise in relation to international criminal law. She worked for the Office of the Prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague in the case of Prosecutor v. Charles Taylor. She was Trial Counsel / Legal Officer (2008 – 2011) and Appeals Counsel (2012). She is currently junior counsel for the prosecution in the case of R. v. Kumar Lama (the prosecution of a Nepalese Colonel charged with torture). Over the last decade she has worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (defending), the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (prosecuting), and the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown (prosecuting). Between April 2013 – April 2014, Kathryn undertook a 12 month secondment with the Extradition Unit at the Crown Prosecution Service. During the secondment Kathryn gained significant experience in conducting proceedings under the Extradition Act, building upon her prior experience defending in extradition proceedings. In terms of her domestic criminal practice, Kathryn has prosecuted and defended in the Crown Court on numerous occasions and has successfully represented Appellants in the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division. Kathryn was appointed to the Serious Fraud Office’s C-Panel of counsel in 2013. Kathryn has a thorough grounding in public law, in particular in the context of immigration and asylum proceedings. She has represented Appellants in the Immigration & Asylum Tribunal on numerous occasions, as well as in the Administrative Court. She can advise on actions for judicial review in the context of criminal and quasi-criminal proceedings, extradition proceedings and immigration and asylum proceedings, including where issues of public international law and European Union law arise.

Career

Called: 2005; Pegasus Scholar, 2008, Office of the Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone, The Hague, May – July 2008; Legal Officer/Trial Attorney, Office of the Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone, The Hague, August 2008 – February 2011; Appeals Counsel, Office of the Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone, The Hague, January – December 2012; Appointed to the SFO C Panel in 2013; Senior Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, Serious Crime & Counter Terrorism Division – 12 month secondment with the Extradition Unit, April 2013 – April 2014.

Languages

English

Memberships

Criminal Bar Association; International Bar Association.

Education

Murray Edwards College, Cambridge University, M.A (Law), 1999 – 2001; University of Toronto, LL.M., Howland prize for the most outstanding performance on the LL.M., 2001 – 2002; Bar Vocational Course, City University, 2004 – 2005.

Leisure

Music, Art, Sport.