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About
Provided by Katherine Apps KC
Practice Areas
Katherine’s practice spans public and human rights law, disciplinary/ regulatory, EU, international, employment and commercial law including procurement. She has particular expertise in appellate advocacy and in domestic and international equality law. Katherine’s cases are often at the cutting edge of the intersection between public and private law. Katherine is qualified in England and Wales and in the Republic of Ireland.
Katherine is described in directories as “the right person to go to with a difficult and novel point of law” (The Legal 500); “outstanding, confident, direct and eminently approachable” (The Legal 500) who “can think through cutting-edge issues of law in an impressive way” (The Legal 500); “very much in control of a complex brief” (Chambers and Partners) with “expertise that is so wide-ranging” (Chambers and Partners); ”Professional, cooperative, experienced, and personally very kind” (Chambers and Partners).
See https://www.39essex.com/profile/katherine-apps-kc
Career
University of Cambridge MA(Hons) Law First Class (2001-2004)
Harvard LLM (2004-2005)
Bar Vocational Course (2005-2006) (Outstanding)
Call 2006
Qualified for the Irish Bar (2019)
Silk 2023
Professional Memberships
Equality and Human Rights Commission Silks Panel (2024)
Premier League Judicial Panel
Sports Resolutions Arbitration Panels; National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP), National Safeguarding Panel (NSP), Commercial, Discrimination and General panels.
FA Specialist and Safeguarding Panels
Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)
Employment Lawyers Association (ELA)
Employment Law Bar Association (ELBA)
Bar European Group (BEG)
UK European Lawyers Association (UKAELA)
Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL)
Called to the Irish Bar (2019)
Publications
Recent AI and the law podcast. See www.39essex.com for episodes
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Katherine Apps KC possesses significant expertise in education law cases involving equality issues and university governance. She acts for a broad range of clients including several schools, higher and further education institutions, and the Department for Education.
Katherine Apps KC receives praise for her appearances in the European courts and is adept at handling cases concerning tax and Brexit transition issues. She has additional experience of areas such as procurement and industrial relations, in the context of EU law.
Katherine Apps KC is an impressive barrister with expertise in immigration law. She regularly advises vulnerable individuals before the Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal. She is particularly noted for her knowledge on the interpretation of Article 8 ECHR, and EEA regulations relating to EU national workers.
Katherine Apps KC excels when representing claimants and defendants in complex judicial reviews. She is particularly proficient at public law claims invoking equality, human rights and EU law. She typically acts for central government in challenges to public policy and decisions.
Katherine Apps KC impresses as a standout barrister with notable expertise in civil liberties and human rights law. She is particularly well-versed in equality and discrimination matters. She regularly appears before domestic and international courts at all levels, and is on the Attorney General’s A Panel of Counsel and the EHRC’s B Panel.
Katherine Apps KC regularly employs her highly regarded safeguarding and employment practices to high-profile sports matters within horse racing, football, tennis and cricket. She also is adept at dealing with regulatory and contractual disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Katherine is extremely thorough, conscientious and very knowledgeable about sports law."
"Intellectually, Katherine Apps KC is top class. She brings a breadth of legal knowledge and manages to combine a range of disciplines in overlapping fields."
"Katherine Apps KC is a first-class barrister who is dedicated to her clients."
"Katherine Apps KC has a very good eye for detail and is good at listening to different perspectives on the case, improving the overall dynamic of the team."
"Katherine brings a breadth of legal knowledge and manages to combine a range of disciplines into a superlative overlapping practice."
"Katherine is amazing across the board. She has a really incisive mind. She gets to the nub of the issue and she is a very safe pair of hands."
"She is excellent."
"She is analytical and practical. I go to her when I need advice."
"Katherine manages to combine a range of disciplines, which means she manages to be superlative in all of the overlapping fields. It gives her an edge over other barristers."
"Katherine is a great public lawyer. She is amazing across the board, with a really incisive mind. She gets to the knub of issues and instinctively understands what the client wants."
"Katherine is extremely thorough, conscientious and very knowledgeable about sports law."
"Intellectually, Katherine Apps KC is top class. She brings a breadth of legal knowledge and manages to combine a range of disciplines in overlapping fields."
"Katherine Apps KC is a first-class barrister who is dedicated to her clients."
"Katherine Apps KC has a very good eye for detail and is good at listening to different perspectives on the case, improving the overall dynamic of the team."
"Katherine brings a breadth of legal knowledge and manages to combine a range of disciplines into a superlative overlapping practice."
"Katherine is amazing across the board. She has a really incisive mind. She gets to the nub of the issue and she is a very safe pair of hands."
"She is excellent."
"She is analytical and practical. I go to her when I need advice."
"Katherine manages to combine a range of disciplines, which means she manages to be superlative in all of the overlapping fields. It gives her an edge over other barristers."
"Katherine is a great public lawyer. She is amazing across the board, with a really incisive mind. She gets to the knub of issues and instinctively understands what the client wants."
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