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Kate Hamilton

Kate has considerable expertise in acting for barristers, solicitors and clients in the financial sector. Many of her cases involve foreign jurisdictions with off-shore assets and/or international lifestyles. She has expertise in disputes between property owners, being either family members or couples, financial provision upon divorce/dissolution, intervening in divorces, advising unmarried parents in their claims, undertaking complex children work such as leave to remove applications and negotiating pre and post nuptial agreements. Reported cases: Re: D (A Child) (Abduction: foreign custody rights) [2006] UKHL 510, El Gamal v HRH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed al-Maktoum [2011] EWHC B27 (Fam); Re A (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 1577 and GN v MA [2015] EWHC 3939 (Fam), Ashby v Kilduff [2010] EWHC 2034 (Ch.). · Russell-Cooke LLP

EnglandFamily, Divorce & Financial Remedies

About

Partner at Russell-Cooke LLP specialising in family law, acting for barristers, solicitors and financial‑sector clients in cross-border matters often involving offshore assets and international lifestyles. Practice includes disputes between property owners, financial provision on divorce/dissolution, cohabitation claims, complex children work (including leave to remove) and pre/post-nuptial agreements; reported cases include Re: D (A Child) [2006] UKHL 510, El Gamal v HRH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed al-Maktoum [2011] EWHC B27 (Fam), Re A (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 1577, GN v MA [2015] EWHC 3939 (Fam) and Ashby v Kilduff [2010] EWHC 2034 (Ch.).

Practice areas

FamilyDivorce & Financial RemediesChildren LawCohabitation & Property DisputesPre- and Post-Nuptial AgreementsMediationPrivate ClientInternational Family Law

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Expertise

Financial Sector ClientsCross-Border/Offshore Asset DisputesProperty Disputes between Family Members or CouplesCohabitation ClaimsPre- and Post-Nuptial AgreementsComplex Children Matters (Leave to Remove)Collaborative Law & Mediation

Education

  • Newcastle University — Law LLB, 2:1
  • College of Law — Distinction