Kate Holderness

Call 2008; LLB, King’s College London; LLM, University College London; Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law; Wilfred Getz Award, The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
Email: kholderness@3vb.com

Kate has a general commercial practice, in line with Chambers' profile.

Kate is regularly instructed to appear as sole advocate at interim hearings in the High Court, and at interim and final hearings in the County Courts, with particular emphasis on banking disputes, claims under guarantees, commercial contractual disputes and debt claims. Kate also undertakes a variety of written work, including drafting pleadings and providing written advice on all areas of general commercial law.

Kate is also instructed to appear as junior counsel in more complex High Court matters.

Before coming to the Bar, Kate worked for Kenneth Rokison QC as his assistant, and gained considerable experience in the procedural aspects of international commercial arbitrations (both ad hoc and those conducted under the auspices of arbitral institutions such as the ICC, the LCIA and the LMAA).

During pupillage, Kate assisted her pupil supervisors (Catherine Gibaud, Matthew Parker and Ian Wilson) and other senior members of Chambers with a range of matters. She gained experience across the breadth of general commercial law, including in the specialist fields of banking, financial services, professional negligence, civil fraud, insolvency and insurance.

Publications

Contributor to the ‘Case Analysis' section of the Butterworths Journal of International Banking & Financial Law.

Professional Membership

Gray's Inn
COMBAR

Education and Awards

LLB, King's College London: 2003 - 2005
LLM, University College London: 2005 - 2006
Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law: 2006 - 2008
Wilfred Getz Award, The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn: 2006 - 2007