BARRISTERS
KEITH HATHAWAY - PUBLIC / DIRECT ACCESS
Admitted as a Solicitor in 2009
Called to the Bar: 2018
Keith is very approachable, and he gives sound, practical advice to lay and professional clients.
Keith is a specialist in both family and commercial and property, civil work with extensive experience in all courts and tribunals from the County Court to the higher courts.
Apart from his courtroom work, Keith has a heavy paperwork and advisory practice (including drafting legal instruments) and is available to travel for conference purposes or if preferred to conduct remote conferences and hearings.
Keith was a commercial property and company/commercial solicitor for many years before he came to the Bar which gives him a greater appreciation of all aspects of the legal process-.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Commercial/Civil
Intellectual Property
Partnership
Insolvency (personal and corporate)
Real Property
Personal property (including book debts and other intangible property)
Company (including shareholder disputes)
Director’s misfeasance and corporate misgovernance.
Personal Injury/Fatal Accident Act claims
Commercial torts and return of goods
Building and Engineering disputes
Claims out of beauty therapy treatments and alternative remedies.
Medical negligence.
Work in the Royal Courts of Justice and corporate and personal insolvency including Trustee in bankruptcy matters.
Family Law work
Financial Remedies
All levels of financial provision from those with ordinary assets to large asset cases.
All connected applications including section 37 applications, issues relating to discovery, applications for maintenance pending suit, enforcement, and setting aside or appeals.
Application for financial provision under the Inheritance (provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 and under Schedule 1 Children Act 1989.
Private Law Family Proceedings
All section 8 Children Act proceedings – contact, residence (including international relocation), prohibited step orders and specific issue orders.
Applications for change of name and leave to remove from the jurisdiction.
Injunctions
Occupation and non-molestation orders.
Committals.
PUBLIC ACCESS
Public access or, as it is also known, Direct access accredited and therefore clients can instruct him direct.
Keith is available for work in and around the following Courts:
Reading County Court
Slough County Court
Swindon County Court
Oxford County Court
Guildford County Court
High Wycombe County Court
Woking County Court
Newbury County Court
Basingstoke County Court
Winchester County Court
Salisbury County Court
Chippenham County Court
Bath County Court
Trowbridge County Court
Barrister.
