Katherine Barnes
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Barrister specialising in planning and public law at 39 Essex Chambers.
London, England
Joined April 2013
Wow…and not in a good way: Italian uproar over judge's 10-second groping rule
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Young Italians object to the acquittal of a school caretaker who admitted groping a teenage student.
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Caster Semenya wins appeal at European Court of Human Rights
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The European Court of Human Rights rules in favour of double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya.
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Bad enough this is a criminal offence but what really gets me is the absurdly disproportionate nature of the sentence. Shocking this is going on in the UK in 2023
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Carla Foster, 44, pleaded guilty to procuring drugs to induce an abortion at 32-34 weeks.
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Inexcusable that not a single pundit (and there are many) on tonight’s champions league final is a woman. Come on @btsport you can do better than that
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Really enjoyed last night’s Young Public Lawyers’ Group event on consultation - refreshing to hear the non-lawyer perspective. Thanks to @SteveBroach Farhana Patel @officestudents and Fiona Rutherford @JUSTICEhq for their insights plus Nick De Mulder @kingsleynapley for chairing
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Looking forward to co-hosting this consultation event on 24 May with Kingsley Napley - do hope you can join us, including my colleague @SteveBroach who is one of our expert speakers
39 Essex Chambers and @kingsleynapley are co-hosting a Young Public Law Lawyers’ Group event on consultation challenges and how to consult effectively. With talks by Steve Broach (39 Essex), Farhana Patel (Office for Students), and Fiona Rutherford, Chief Executive of JUSTICE.
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Looking forward to co-hosting this consultation event on 24 May with Kingsley Napley - do hope you can join us, including my colleague @SteveBroach who is one of our expert speakers
39 Essex Chambers and @kingsleynapley are co-hosting a Young Public Law Lawyers’ Group event on consultation challenges and how to consult effectively. With talks by Steve Broach (39 Essex), Farhana Patel (Office for Students), and Fiona Rutherford, Chief Executive of JUSTICE.
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School set to take Ofsted to court over inspection
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The head teacher of the Cambridge primary school says she was left feeling suicidal after Ofsted's visit.
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Unesco world heritage status: Seven sites win UK backing
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York, Birkenhead Park and an iron age settlement in Shetland are among the sites being put forward.
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Give me strength - Social care reform funding halved for England, government confirms
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Councils criticise move to hold back £600m of investment, saying government commitment is in tatters.
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Approach to school inspections raises really important questions. I can see the value of a more holistic report but dubious about adjusting standards to reflect Covid/funding issues/background of pupils - surely there has to be a single objective standard
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As a group of chief executives speak out, one head says Ofsted made him "a shadow of my former self".
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I cannot tell you the lengths I will go to for the lovely solicitors who reliably provide a properly indexed and paginated bundle with instructions… I feel palpable pangs of appreciation whenever I get one
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Have spent all day writing an advice on the correct interpretation of Regulation X(x)(c)(ii)…and each time I type it having to correct Microsoft word’s amendment of (c) to the copyright symbol. Argh! Who can want to type the copyright sign that often?!
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Many, many congratulations to our three new silks, all of whom have significant public law expertise - Nicola Greaney, Fiona Paterson and Katherine Apps @greaney_nicola @fmfpaterson
On this beautiful day, Chambers is delighted to announce that Nicola Greaney KC, Fiona Paterson KC and Katherine Apps KC have officially been appointed as King's Counsel.
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Some good news for once - BBC suspends proposed closure of the BBC Singers
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Fab night out yesterday at @LyricHammer to see innovative, hilarious and thought-provoking adaptation of Accidental Death of an Anarchist - would highly recommend
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An Anarchist has fallen to his death from a police station window. But did he jump or was he thrown? Don't miss this razor-sharp comedy adapted by award-winning writer, Tom Basden.
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