Kitty Geddes

Kitty Geddes practises in Family law, with a developing and increasingly prominent practice in international children and Hague Convention matters. She is regularly instructed in complex and sensitive cases.

She has extensive experience in both public and private law. She represents Local Authorities, parents, psychological parents and Children’s Guardians at all stages of proceedings, including interim hearings, fact-finding hearings, and final hearings. She has appeared in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, including in cases raising complex legal, jurisdictional, and cross-border issues.

Kitty has experience in cases involving private adoption, including matters where the court is required to determine the appropriate long-term placement for a child and to consider the comparative welfare analysis between adoption and alternative orders, such as Special Guardianship Orders and also recognition of foreign adoption orders.

A significant aspect of Kitty’s practice involves Hague Convention and International children law. She is instructed in cases concerning international child abduction, disputes as to habitual residence and jurisdiction, Article 21 and relocation applications. She is developing a strong practice in this area and is increasingly instructed in cases with an international element.

Kitty has extensive experience and specialist training in representing vulnerable clients and dealing with vulnerable witnesses. She is highly skilled in ensuring that proceedings are conducted fairly and sensitively, including through the effective use of special measures and adapted advocacy. She regularly represents clients and witnesses with learning difficulties, mental health conditions, and those who have experienced trauma.

Kitty also has a strong background in criminal law, having prosecuted highly complex, multiple defendant cases, including those in which Encrochat evidence played a significant role.