Kate Pye-Jones

Public Law

Kate regularly represents local authorities, parents, children, the official solicitor and extended family members in care and adoption proceedings.

She undertakes all forms of hearings, including urgent hearings, case management hearings, multi-day contested final hearings and finding of fact hearings.

Kate has experience in cases involving issues of domestic abuse, neglect, physical, emotional and sexual abuse, substance misuse and non-accidental injury. Kate has undertaken the FLBA vulnerable witness training and often acts for vulnerable clients, including those with learning difficulties.

Private Law

Kate often represents parents, children and grandparents. She has experience in representing clients at the first dispute resolution appointment through to contested multi-day final hearings and finding of fact hearings.

Kate is instructed in child arrangement proceedings, internal and international relocation applications, specific issue order applications, prohibited steps order applications and contested special guardianship applications. Her experience spans issues of sexual abuse allegations, physical and emotional abuse, parental alienation, implacable hostility, domestic abuse and fabricated or induced illness.

Kate is also experienced in dealing with non-molestation order and occupation order applications.

Court of Protection

Kate is keen to develop her Court of Protection practice and accepts instructions in this area. Kate’s background in family law means that she is experienced in Deprivation of Liberty applications and proceedings which focus on best interest decisions.

Articles

• Domestic Abuse: Finding of fact hearings post Re H-N and Others (children) (domestic abuse: finding of fact hearings) [2021] EWCA Civ 448
• Section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989 and recent developments in the law

Associations

Family Law Bar Association

Committee Member of the Greater Manchester Family Law Bar Association

Education

LLB, University of Bristol

BPTC, BPP Manchester

Prescribed Information

Kate is a practising barrister, who is regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Details of information held by the BSB about Kate can be found here.

Kate’s clerks will happily provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that she provides. Their contact details can be found here. It is most common for Kate to undertake Court  work for a brief fee plus additional refresher days although fixed fees may be available. For any advisory work including conferences, it is most commonly charged at an hourly rate. Kate also accepts instructions on legal aid rates where those are available, details of which can be found here.