Kate Maynard

Kate Maynard specialises in civil actions against the Ministry of Justice and police, representing bereaved families at inquests into deaths in custody, defending injunctions brought against protesters by multinational corporations, preparing miscarriage of justice compensation claims and assisting victims of torture and war crimes to obtain justice under the legal principle of universal jurisdiction. She also specialises in public law work, particularly where the challenges relate to her other practice areas.

Kate’s current cases include representing the family of a victim of homicide committed in Broadmoor secure hospital, two prisoners who are registered blind in claims under the Disability Discrimination Act, a 15 year old who had his arm broken in a secure training centre and a prisoner who suffered serious injuries when other prisoners attempted to murder him in a Cat A prison. She recently acted for a group of 18 prisoners who brought civil proceedings against the Ministry of Justice for assaults, race discrimination, victimisation and harassment at HMP Leeds. She currently acts for the partner of Rachel Nickell in a quest to bring the police and others to account for the failings in the investigation of Rachel’s murder and other horrific offences committed by Robert Napper. She acts for the victim of a prolific paedophile in a claim against his abuser. She recently succeeded at trial in bringing civil proceedings against the Ministry of Justice on behalf of a prisoner who was assaulted in the segregation unit of HMP Parkhurst.

She recently settled a claim for assault and malicious prosecution following success in the Court of Appeal on a point of law as to who carries responsibility for a prosecution Ministry of Justice v Scott [2009] EWCA Civ 1215. The claim was made against the Ministry of Justice on behalf of a prisoner who was assaulted in the segregation unit of HMP Long Lartin and then charged (and later acquitted at trial) with assaulting the prison officers.

With Daniel Machover, Kate obtained a warrant in 2005 for the arrest of Israeli army officer Doron Almog who was the commander of the Gaza Strip from 2000-2003 and is suspected of war crimes under the Geneva Conventions Act 1957. She continues to act for victims of torture and war crimes from various jurisdictions to bring the suspects to justice in the UK or abroad.

Kate has published articles about her work and issues of universal jurisdiction in the Denning Law Review, the Times Law Reports and Inside Time. She joined Hickman & Rose in September 2001, qualified in July 2004 and became a partner in October 2009.

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