Katherine Dunn

Practice

Professional negligence
Personal and corporate insolvency
Mortgages and Land law generally
Landlord and tenant law
Wills and probate
Trusts
Company law
Banking
General chancery work
Commercial litigation

Profile

Katherine practises as a member of the chancery and commercial group within Chambers. She deals with a wide range of Chancery and Commercial work, both litigious and non-litigious, and her particular interests are in the fields of professional negligence, and property and trust law generally.

Significant Reported Cases

Williams and Hibbit v Sandy Lane (Chester) Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 1738

McDougalls Catering Foods Ltd v BSE Trading Ltd [1997] 42 EG 174

BSE Trading Ltd v Hands [1996] 2 EGLR 214

Recommendations:  

Chambers UK 2008:
Katherine Dunn has a practice that spans the traditional and commercial ends of the chancery spectrum, and is especially strong within the field of professional negligence. "Very much the academic lawyer rather than the show-man"
"knows her stuff backwards" "no-nonsense"

Chambers Guide 2007:
"Katherine Dunn is noted for her devastating cross-examination – she wipes the floor with the opposition" (Chancery)

“Katherine Dunn continues to consistently perform at the highest level covering a wide range of commercial and chancery work” (Commercial Litigation)

Legal 500 2008:
"is 'superb in cross-examination' and a first choice for either side in professional negligence actions"

Legal 500 2007:
"an 'expert' cross examiner who specialises in professional negligence" 

Legal 500 2006:
"Katherine Dunn has a sizeable practice as a solid all-round Chancery and commercial junior”

 

Memberships:

Treasurer of the Northern Chancery Bar Association
Chancery Bar Association
Northern and North Eastern Circuits   

 

 

Career & Education:

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Languages Spoken:     

Cambridge

MA

1987 (Middle Temple)

1988

Working knowledge of French and German

     

 

 

Katherine Dunn

Year of Call: 1987 

Specialises In:
Chancery & Commercial

Clerked by:
Andrew Reeves

 

 

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