Katie is a family law specialist, practising across all areas of children and the full range of injunctive work.
Katie represents Local Authorities, parents, children and interested parties in her public law children work. In private law cases she acts for both applicants and respondents. Katie often appears on behalf of children, including separately represented children and other vulnerable parties, including parents with mental health or learning disabilities.
Katie regularly appears in complex matters involving suspected non-accidental injury, sexual abuse allegations, neglect and domestic abuse. Katie regularly advises and acts in fact finding hearings requiring forensic analysis of medical and expert evidence.
Katie specialises in cases involving an international dimension and the movement of children between jurisdictions including in a public law context, abduction and leave to remove and has been instructed in radicalisation cases for both Local Authorities and parents.
Katie is instructed in the Family Court, the High Court and in the Court of Appeal.
Katie was involved in the case Re H-W which was awarded Case of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2023.
Katie Philips KC and Eléonore Berthelsen represented the Local Authority in A Local Authority v CD (the Mother), EF (the Father), and G (a child by her Children’s Guardian) [2026] EWHC 980 (Fam).
Published: 19th May 2026
We were delighted to celebrate Katie Phillips becoming King's Counsel yesterday.
Published: 25th Mar 2025
42BR Barristers is delighted to announce Katie Phillips has been successful in the 2024 Kings Counsel Competition.
Published: 23rd Jan 2025
Damian Woodward-Carlton QC, Sharan Bhachu and Katie Phillips appeared for the respondent Local Authority at Supreme Court level, in the matter of H-W.
Published: 15th Jun 2022
Published: 6th Feb 2020
Published: 9th Sep 2019
Chambers are thrilled to have 17 individual recommendations/rankings in the new Chambers & Partners 2019.
Published: 8th Nov 2018
Tina Cook QC and Katie Phillips will be presenting a talk this evening on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome – Fact or Fiction?
Published: 16th May 2018
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Zimran Samuel acted in care proceedings arising from alleged non accidental injuries to an infant with with a bone disorder.
Published: 20th Jul 2015
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