Kate Bex

Profile

Cited in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners UK Guide as a leading junior, Kate is a highly regarded advocate who both defends and prosecutes.

Increasingly instructed as leading counsel, her recent cases include: defending in the race-fixing trial at the Old Bailey which resulted in acquittal and subsequent regulatory proceedings before the British Horseracing Authority which concluded in July 2009 with the first Goodyear indication outside a criminal court.  Kate was leading counsel for the defence in an AIM flotation scheme (designated a serious and complex fraud believed to be the first prosecution under the s25 FSMA 2000) and leading counsel for the prosecution against a silk and junior, successfully arguing for the admission of a previous acquittal following R v Z and the CJA 2003.

Kate is also an accredited mediator for alternative dispute resolution of civil and commercial disputes and is an associate member of ADR Chambers.  Her experience over the last fifteen years in serious and complex fraud has provided Kate with a thorough understanding of the commercial, corporate and financial world which underpins much of her practice.  Described in Chambers and Partners UK Guide as ‘having a good attitude’ Kate is best known for bringing a practical, down-to-earth and sympathetic approach to her dealings with both lay clients and solicitors.  In court on an almost daily basis, the ability to successfully negotiate has been a part of her skill set for many years; now as a qualified mediator Kate is able to use that experience in a wider setting.  Kate’s experience of the mediation process makes her perfectly placed to act as a mediation advocate in civil asset recovery proceedings brought by SOCA.

Kate also undertakes regulatory work and in particular has appeared in the full range of GMC tribunals including the Investigation Committee and the Fitness to Practise Panel and at both adjudication stage and in the High Court.  She has also acted in relation to a case before the GDC.