Catherine Heyworth KC is a family law practitioner who was called to the bar in 1991 and appointed to silk in 2022. Catherine is usually instructed by local authorities to conduct complex and demanding cases which span a broad field but with a particular focus on sexual abuse (including historical allegations), physical abuse, infant/child death and severe neglect. She also conducts cases involving ‘honour’ based violence and forced marriage; secure accommodation and deprivation of liberty. Other cases involve fabricated induced illness; non-accidental injury cases (including head injuries); salt poisoning; and allegations of murder and attempted murder. Catherine is also in […]
The first few months of 2022 have been career changing ones for Deanna Heer KC. Having just been appointed Senior Treasury Counsel in January (she was made Junior Treasury Counsel in 2015), Deanna, together with 100 other advocates, were bestowed with the title of KC at the appointment ceremony presided over by the Lord Chancellor at Westminster Hall on 21st March 2022. Deanna – who grew up in Rugby and is the daughter of a Sikh father and an English “with Welsh blood” mother – is a highly experienced criminal barrister. She is a specialist homicide lawyer with a background […]