Katy joined Matrix in October 2021 following the successful completion of her Traineeship.
Katy practises in public and human rights, equality law, employment law, and education and community care law. She joined Matrix in October 2021 on the successful completion of her traineeship.
Katy has experience in a wide range of public law and human rights matters across all stages of proceedings, including pre-action advice, interim relief, and appeal.
She has a particular interest in the intersections between public law and human trafficking, public law and equality law, and public law and regulatory law.
Katy has significant experience of complex policy challenges.
Some of her recent work includes:
Public, immigration, and human trafficking:
Public and equality law: Katy is currently instructed in various matters concerning public bodies’ obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and Article 14 of the ECHR. She has experience of equality issues in public law in a wide range of contexts, including community care, healthcare, immigration, and education. Two of her recent Article 14 cases include:
Public law and regulatory law: Katy has experience advising and acting for organisations and companies subject to regulatory investigations and/or adverse decisions, including in the education sphere.
Public law and criminal law: Katy has advised on and acted in claims concerning failures to investigate and/or prosecute, including serious sexual offences and human trafficking issues. For example, Katy represented a domestic worker in a successful challenge to the decision not to prosecute her alleged human traffickers: R (COL) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2022] EWHC 601 (Admin).
Katy has also advised NGOs and campaigning organisations in relation to strategic litigation and the impact of legislative proposals. For example, she advised a national civil rights NGO on plans to reform human rights legislation and advised an overseas LGBT charity on potential litigation concerning civil partnerships.
Katy spent half of her traineeship training in public law (with Sarah Hannett KC and Chris Buttler KC) and, before joining Matrix, Katy worked in various public law roles, including:
Katy accepts instructions in all matters concerning equality and discrimination law. She has experience in Equality Act 2010 claims in judicial review proceedings, employment, education, and goods and services provision. Her recent experience (as well as recent public law experience set out above) includes:
Katy also regularly instructed to conduct investigations concerning harassment and sexual harassment.
Katy accepts instructions in all areas of employment law, for both Claimants and Respondents/Defendants. She has a particular interest in discrimination matters. Katy’s recent experience includes:
Katy welcomes instructions across all areas of education and social care, including SEND Tribunal appeals, unlawful exclusions, higher and further education matters (including investigations) and social care disputes (both for children and adults). Her experience in this area includes:
Prior to traineeship, Katy was a Legal Advisor at Ofsted, where she advised Ofsted in respect of its role in several investigations in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), including the Residential Schools investigation. Katy also worked as a public and education law paralegal at Simpson Millar LLP.
BA (Jurisprudence), University of Oxford (2016) – First Class
Bachelor of Civil Law, University of Oxford (2018) – Distinction
BPTC, BPP University (2020) – Outstanding
Scholarships and prizes include:
Publications:
Memberships:
Katy is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. In order to provide legal services to her clients, including advice and representation services, Katy needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes her client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which she is instructed. To read Katy’s privacy notice in full, please see here.
Katy joined Matrix in October 2021 following the successful completion of her Traineeship.
Contact Katy: katysheridan@matrixlaw.co.uk | +44 (0)20 7404 3447
Contact Katy's Practice Team (Team X): TeamX@matrixlaw.co.uk
Katy practises in public and human rights, equality law, employment law, and education and community care law. She joined Matrix in October 2021 on the successful completion of her traineeship.
Katy has experience in a wide range of public law and human rights matters across all stages of proceedings, including pre-action advice, interim relief, and appeal.
She has a particular interest in the intersections between public law and human trafficking, public law and equality law, and public law and regulatory law.
Katy has significant experience of complex policy challenges.
Some of her recent work includes:
Public, immigration, and human trafficking:
Public and equality law: Katy is currently instructed in various matters concerning public bodies’ obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and Article 14 of the ECHR. She has experience of equality issues in public law in a wide range of contexts, including community care, healthcare, immigration, and education. Two of her recent Article 14 cases include:
Public law and regulatory law: Katy has experience advising and acting for organisations and companies subject to regulatory investigations and/or adverse decisions, including in the education sphere.
Public law and criminal law: Katy has advised on and acted in claims concerning failures to investigate and/or prosecute, including serious sexual offences and human trafficking issues. For example, Katy represented a domestic worker in a successful challenge to the decision not to prosecute her alleged human traffickers: R (COL) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2022] EWHC 601 (Admin).
Katy has also advised NGOs and campaigning organisations in relation to strategic litigation and the impact of legislative proposals. For example, she advised a national civil rights NGO on plans to reform human rights legislation and advised an overseas LGBT charity on potential litigation concerning civil partnerships.
Katy spent half of her traineeship training in public law (with Sarah Hannett KC and Chris Buttler KC) and, before joining Matrix, Katy worked in various public law roles, including:
Katy accepts instructions in all matters concerning equality and discrimination law. She has experience in Equality Act 2010 claims in judicial review proceedings, employment, education, and goods and services provision. Her recent experience (as well as recent public law experience set out above) includes:
Katy also regularly instructed to conduct investigations concerning harassment and sexual harassment.
Katy accepts instructions in all areas of employment law, for both Claimants and Respondents/Defendants. She has a particular interest in discrimination matters. Katy’s recent experience includes:
Katy welcomes instructions across all areas of education and social care, including SEND Tribunal appeals, unlawful exclusions, higher and further education matters (including investigations) and social care disputes (both for children and adults). Her experience in this area includes:
Prior to traineeship, Katy was a Legal Advisor at Ofsted, where she advised Ofsted in respect of its role in several investigations in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), including the Residential Schools investigation. Katy also worked as a public and education law paralegal at Simpson Millar LLP.
BA (Jurisprudence), University of Oxford (2016) – First Class
Bachelor of Civil Law, University of Oxford (2018) – Distinction
BPTC, BPP University (2020) – Outstanding
Scholarships and prizes include:
Publications:
Memberships:
Katy is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. In order to provide legal services to her clients, including advice and representation services, Katy needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes her client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the matter upon which she is instructed. To read Katy’s privacy notice in full, please see here.