Kate Davenport QC
Barrister, Mediatorkate@katedavenportqc.co.nz+64 21 637 503+64 9 307 8787Personal WebsiteLinkedIn ProfilePersonal CVKate was admitted to the Bar in 1983. She became a Barrister sole in 1990.
Practice Areas
Education
- St Cuthbert’s College - Auckland
- LLB (Hons) - University of Auckland
- Master of Jurisprudence (Distinction) - University of Auckland
- Post Graduate Certificate in Health Science (Ethics) - Auckland University of Technology
Bio
Kate became a Barrister sole in 1990 and was admitted as a barrister in New Zealand, England and Wales. Kate became a QC in 2013, and in the same year was New Zealand Lawyer's Barrister of the year.
Along with Bankside Chambers she has chambers in the UK at Outer Temple Chambers, 222 The Strand, London. In 2019 Kate was appointed an Ordinary Bencher of the Middle Temple, where she is known as Master Davenport.
Kate practices in the area of Civil and Commercial litigation with special interest in Trust Law (is a contributing editor to LexisNexis Law of Trust), Contract and Tort Claims, Professional Regulation, Estate Litigation and Land Law.
Kate is an active member of the New Zealand Bar, is Past President of the NZ Bar Association and has been Vice President of the New Zealand Law Society and President of the Medico Legal Society.
In her minimal spare time, she has a husband, 4 children and a grandson. Kate loves to collect estate jewellery, renovate houses and offices and read.
Case Highlights
What Others Say
New head of bar association determined to stamp out rude behaviour between barristers - Stuff, 28 November 2018
Publications
Caught between a rock and a hard place, Examining the Court’s ability to assist or replace deadlocked trustees, co-author, 25 February 2019
Caught between a rock and a hard place, Examining the Court’s ability to assist or replace deadlocked trustees, co-author, 25 February 2019
Timesup for the Legal Profession, February 2019
LexisNexis Law of Trusts co-author (current); responsible for chapter on Trustees Liability
A trustees guide to litigation pitfalls, co-author
Oxford Journal, Trusts & Trustees; Recoverability of Trustee Litigation Costs, published February 2018
LawTalk 895; It’s our problem not theirs, 26 August 2016
Oxford Journal, Trusts & Trustees Advance Access; Clayton, The Law of Trusts, published July 8, 2016.
LawTalk; numerous articles including article on the situation of the Supreme Court (October 2002) and time recording (January 2003)
LexisNexis Law of Trusts; responsible for chapter on Trustees Liability.
Memberships
- President NZBA 2018 – 2020.
- NZLS
- ADLS
- STEP